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Let's put it this way: they started maybe a decade, maybe two decades, ahead of everybody else. They're able to make a LOT more mistakes without suffering for i

Let's put it this way: they started maybe a decade, maybe two decades, ahead of everybody else. They're able to make a LOT more mistakes without suffering for it than anybody else. Even entrepreneurs starting early into their 20s don't have as near-perfect a sandbox for their efforts. Unhealthy obsession with youth? Maybe. But not unwarranted, I think. Either way, this has got to be plenty more educational for them than what they're getting at school.

zaidf 17y ago
they started maybe a decade, maybe two decades, ahead of everybody else A big assumption you seem to be making is that these kids will keep progressing at the current rate. I actually think for most of these kids, they will hit a plateau and exhaustion point a lot sooner where they may dabble in stuff they did not when they were younger. There is NOTHING wrong with that and I have been through this path myself. But it's important to understand that the direction and rate of personal growth is not static. Some of these kids may dabble in drugs tomorrow; some of their stoned classmates may dabble with startups when they are older.