> Fuck start-ups and capitalism.

Did you perchance take a wrong turn on the interweb tubes, and arrive at this website by mistake?

You are right, though; nothing proprietary and costly is ever going to 'change the world' of something so basic as reading and writing...

That said, my being in the wrong place doesn't change the fact that startups and capitalism are both lame and evil and retarded.

I think you should still consider and perhaps respond to the point instead of just discounting it because its out of place.

Well, I thought I did, but I interpreted your point more narrowly: that no proprietary app from some startup would ever be able to revolutionize authoring and reading works, replacing PDFs and their ilk for academics and research. I agreed.

If your point is the much broader contention that capitalism is lame and evil and retarded in general, that's a little beyond the scope of what can be resolved on HN.

You might benefit from reading this: http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2008-summer/stand...

I certainly did. I started with HN when I was messed up and depressed and wanted to fill my mind with crap that was completely contrarian to everything I believe as a form of self-destruction.

Every once in a while there's something important that I get from HN, which is why I've kept coming back since starting to get better. Some time ago I decided it really wasn't worth it, and I haven't yet quit because I'm just on auto-pilot and come here when I'm bored. I'll get around to quitting soon though. Thanks for the reminder.

>I'll get around to quitting soon though.

dont do it, i think is healthy to any community to have people with different perspectives..

also i dont consider HN a reddit for startups.. once in a while there are something about it.. (thanks god) but are not the majority view, unlike the previous post may picture

startup culture its way off its limits.. and some people should get back to sanity again..

the only people making something with this hyped culture are VC´s buying and selling things that dont even have a good business model just for the sake of its own profit..

but this look like a US zombie virus, that every 20 years start to happen all over again.. until the bubbles explode markets blows up.. and really hard working people have to pay for all the damage this greedy people creates..

sometimes i fell just like you..

:) This made me smile.