Reminds me of listening to Vitalik Buterin when I was younger. He's a smart guy in many respects (probably moreso than Thiel and Andreessen), but his whitepaper

Reminds me of listening to Vitalik Buterin when I was younger. He's a smart guy in many respects (probably moreso than Thiel and Andreessen), but his whitepapers, talks and presentations were all characterized with a hopeless idealism. You want changemakers in tech to be pragmatic, not just focused on old stuff but the things that people want and already use. The latest wave of entrepreneurs and investors both feel like pie-in-the-sky populations that intend to disrupt everything or let their business go bust.