[tikirey]

> Don’t fall for their “mission” nonsense. It’s a monstrous lie designed to keep funneling tremendous amounts of money to the people at the top.

100% For some reason, it is so easy to believe in it but the fun part will eventually come in a form of VC asking where is the money. "When someone says "I am not doing it for the money" he (she) is doing it only for the money." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

My opinion is that it is some form of common sense going around in societies that contains binary statements like money = root of evil or save humanity = a good deed. Reality is full of nuances though.

From history, the best businesses always have a good business model first and "mission" always was only a nice side effect.

[JabavuAdams]

> "When someone says "I am not doing it for the money" he (she) is doing it only for the money." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

This is silly. Artists and creatives aren't doing it for the money. Social workers aren't doing it for the money. Teachers aren't doing it for th money ... etc. Passion => irrationality. Or different goals, like sense of purpose vs. money.

[cambalache]

I havent seen the first social worker proclaiming to everybody that she is not in for the money.

[JabavuAdams]

Game developers say this all the time, and they're right.