Paul, on Saturday, you discussed YC's 100% satisfaction rating from the founders you've sponsored. I can't imagine that's true for all (non-YC) startups, but I bet it's still extremely high. I hope you do become more comfortable with this, because there are a bunch of us that are living much more inspired lives, and trace part of that inspiration back to you. I'd hate to see you shy away from this because you're nervous about the outcome.

(Fortunately, I don't see any signs that you're actually too concerned. "Why to Not Not Start a Startup" couldn't have come from someone who's wavering!)

I don't think that the failures will report here...

We should start a "Paul Graham convinced me to drop Java / C++" poll to cheer him up.

Wait until you get groupies camping outside your house, just to get glimpse of you. You could be the next David Koresh or Jim Jones.

This thread started as a poll, and ended as a revolution.

When you open Pandora's box, you get everything, both the bad (greed, vanity, slander, envy, pining, etc.) and the good (hope and progress).

BTW, I'm seeing a weird bug in Safari. Every time I reply or just click an up-arrow, I get an error saying "does nto exist". Then I go back, and see that my comment was posted and my up-vote was counted. What gives?