> Does anything good come from encouraging people to ignore the actual situation that the overwhelming majority of the population finds itself in, and instead f

> Does anything good come from encouraging people to ignore the actual situation that the overwhelming majority of the population finds itself in, and instead focusing on some essentially impossible pipe dream? If one is trying to recruit future Sergeys Larrys, then it’s prudent to write to a very narrow audience. This article addresses that audience perfectly well, imho. > The absolute worst of SV thinking, personified. … or maybe the best. This is not “general life advice from pg”. It’s highly targeted and narrow. That’s ok. That needs to be ok. It’s one of those things that makes SV unique and uniquely strong, imho. Edited to add the following: The advice goes from broad (you don’t have to get a job, you can start your own company) to very specific (how to start a hypergrowth startup), with lots of other (good, imho) advice in between. This will resonate with some folks in the (ostensibly high school) audience, many of whom may be unfamiliar with startups, the startup world, and maybe even the tech world in general. It will fall on deaf ears for most of the rest, because that’s not the life or lifestyle they are looking for.