I am surprised [may be even amazed] that these kind of articles are making it to the HN's front page on a regular basis. There are tons of people with muddy wi

I am surprised [may be even amazed] that these kind of articles are making it to the HN's front page on a regular basis. There are tons of people with muddy wishful thinking that can not execute even if you put the gun to their heads. This statement covers both commercial and technical side. If these people approach you, say no... unless they can offer money for your efforts. Only the minority have required knowledge, experience, focus, will and smarts to execute on any kind of idea and build a proper business. It easy to recognise such people [based on hiring 101] - look at their past successes. If these people approach you, say yes... even if you are offered shmequity [but check the legal docs]. I have a feeling that most of such articles are driven by the ego thing, and help people to validate their self-worth. Not sure this the most effective way for self-validation. My another feeling is the SV people are living in a kind of rosy bubble and are constantly patting each other in back to help their view of the world hold together. Well, may be do something of value? P.S.: of course the above does have certain generalizations, but smart people shall have not hurt feeling, yes?