Re:Startup lessons
by tlb on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @12:02AM
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It's not an impossibly ambitious bar. Many people have cleared it in the past, and many more will clear it in the future (including Slava the OP).
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"people have done it" doesn't mean that its a good lesson (or a lesson at all)
i think @beachstartup's point is that the problem with treating this as a "lesson" is that you're imposing a value judgment on other peoples' value creation by saying that what they're doing, possibly their LIFE'S WORK, is NOT WORTH DOING just because they may not "augment the human condition for a huge number of people in a meaningful way".
For example, any failed venture could probably be said "not to augment the human condition for a huge number of people in a meaningful way". Goodbye scientists who are trying to cure cancer but haven't succeeded yet. No offense, patio11, but bingo cards? Come on... try to augment the human condition a bit.
It just comes off as judgmental and moralistic bs.
I would guess people spend billions of hours a year staring at bingo cards. So having nice ones is not a small thing.
Re:Startup lessons
by networkjester on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @01:20AM
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I believe his statement was that of mockery or sarcasm when using the "augment" line. Not actually demeaning some of patio11's work. :)