It is your last point I am getting at. You seem to agree that the reason people are interested in startups is for freedom. Specifically financial freedom, mea

It is your last point I am getting at. You seem to agree that the reason people are interested in startups is for freedom. Specifically financial freedom, meaning freedom to devote work to things other than the financial bottom line for living. So, what I am saying is that since we want freedom, we need to think about the best ways for becoming free. Everyone assumes best = startups, but no one has really discussed the issue to see if this is right. Startups are notoriously undependable vessels of financial freedom, so that doesn't make sense to me. Why accept the status quo? I'll put together a plan in a month or so and post it, hopefully generate more discussion.