There's a fine line here; how does one know whether their situation is special or if what worked for them is applicable to others? As you say, overzealous gene

There's a fine line here; how does one know whether their situation is special or if what worked for them is applicable to others? As you say, overzealous generalization yields bad advice, but it's easier for consumers of advice (us) to filter than to generate. I'd rather read 100 founder stories and conclude that 95 of those weren't applicable to me than to lose the five that were. The greater worry, in my mind, is that people like to avoid the "I would have done X differently" or "I found that assumption Y was inapplicable/inaccurate," which are super-valuable advice types.