Cynical view of cynics: Some people are predisposed to be cynical about everything, and their cynicism doesn’t provide much signal about the world. Any data can be interpreted to fit a cynical hypothesis. What distinguishes cynics is they are rarely interested in exploring whether a non-cynical hypothesis might be the right one.
I’m too cynical to do a point by point response to this post, but I will quickly say: I have a fair amount of startup experience, and I’ve basically decided I am bad at startups because I lack the decisiveness characteristic Sam says is essential. The stuff Sam writes about startups rings very true for me, and I think I’d be a better startup founder if I had the disposition he describes, but unfortunately I don’t think disposition is a very easy thing to change.
Cynical view of cynics: Some people are predisposed to be cynical about everything, and their cynicism doesn’t provide much signal about the world. Any data can be interpreted to fit a cynical hypothesis. What distinguishes cynics is they are rarely interested in exploring whether a non-cynical hypothesis might be the right one.
I’m too cynical to do a point by point response to this post, but I will quickly say: I have a fair amount of startup experience, and I’ve basically decided I am bad at startups because I lack the decisiveness characteristic Sam says is essential. The stuff Sam writes about startups rings very true for me, and I think I’d be a better startup founder if I had the disposition he describes, but unfortunately I don’t think disposition is a very easy thing to change.