[anotheryou]

Maybe read the last paragraph, too. He especially talks about meaningful software:

> I want to change the world, but real problems are hard. There are huge opportunities, in transportation, energy, computing, healthcare, manufacturing, but none of them can be solved on the kind of timelines and expectations that the startup community have. So many companies I see have great ideas, but aren't realistic and serious enough to realize them. I worry that we wont solve these solvable problems, because everyone just want to party like its 2009.

[nathan-io]

I agree with his overall message - it's hard (and takes time) to actually do something valuable. And I agree that we're in an age where iterative startups ("Uber for X") outnumber innovative startups.

But there is just so much wrong with this article. One of the most egregious errors is the assertion that the conditions which enabled unicorns are no longer present.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The only accurate assertion of the article - that it's genuinely hard to add value - was already obvious.