Carlson is looking at things from a very narrow perspective. If the industry has high barriers to entry, an incubator can help because it just gives that extra

Carlson is looking at things from a very narrow perspective. If the industry has high barriers to entry, an incubator can help because it just gives that extra lead time you need to get a product to launch. Not all products are apps that you can churn out in the basement to profitability. What if you have additional inventory? What if you need to purchase forwarding commodity price? What if your idea is simply new enough that you don't have any precedents? Incubators can help with that, especially if they have a lawyer and accountant at hand. There's also a third factor, which is that if you're an international/immigrant or someone from a state unfamiliar with tech industry, then the connections are helpful. The idea of low fidelity networks being worse off is absolute bullshit though, it's been proven over and over again that a large network of weak ties generates a stronger overall response than a small network of strong ties. Weak ties is what builds communities and gives people jobs (which tbh, is exactly what Linkedin managed to do so well technologically)