[Apreche]

It may not be consciously built towards this purpose, but HN serves primarily to spread the silicon valley, get-rich quick, startup business, and entrepreneur culture among software engineers and other technology experts.

YC and other VCs can't continue to exist if people don't continue to believe in the mythology of silicon valley. Who the hell will work ridiculous hours and gamble with their livelihood to make some worthless app? All in exchange for equity worth less than lottery tickets.

[dang]

This is ironic, not only because you posted it to HN, but because it's an absolutely typical HN comment. See the sibling reply to this one for another.

Somehow people post these things without realizing that cynicism about VC, Silicon Valley, and startups became the conventional position on HN many years ago, and that far from a contrarian view it's a platitude.

[ykevinator]

This is right, they trade youth for cash, a few will make money the rest lose their twenties