[raspasov]

It's all about the opportunity cost. There are always assumptions that need to be made, but it will be hard to argue that lottery tickets are better than startups. I don't think they are.

A more useful comparison would be a serious statistical analysis between startups and other occupations.

[raw_anon_1111]

I am not spending years of my life trading money for lottery tickets, startups are worse than lottery tickets

[raspasov]

I said "serious".

[raw_anon_1111]

Thought experiment: who do you think would be better off as a group? 10 college grads working at any of the FAANG+ companies or the same 10 being YC founders?