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by n72 4432 days ago
"Most people walk on paved roads in the valley below"

I know it's not the author who said this, but oh piss off with that self-congratulatory crap. How on earth do you know what most people do? Let's see, according to http://www.statisticbrain.com/world-poverty-statistics/ 50% of the world lives on less than $1.50/day. If you're lucky enough to be in the U.S. with the means and opportunity to become an entrepreneur, maybe put in a second's thought before you go off and say how uberman you are.
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jusben1369 4432 days ago
I don't think he's referring to 3rd world poverty. He's talking to the hundreds of thousands of people who work at Google or Facebook or PayPal vs the handful of people who try and build the next great thing.
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n72 4432 days ago
Regardless, it's still an incredibly arrogant thing to say. The implication is that there this class of entrepreneurs who are better than the 9-5ers. Honestly, get over yourself. (And I say this as an entrepreneur who can't stand to work a 9-5.)

And next great thing? Seriously? Next great thing is curing cancer not a real estate site.

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