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I'll add that when you're trapped between special interests and people suffering from high housing prices, this is one of the few political moves you can make. Propose something that will never happen so you look like you're taking action without actually doing anything.

Whether this happens or not, it's succeeding in framing "techies" as the cause of high housing prices.

Stop restricting new construction.

Well, as he clarified, the hard part was the management team quitting.

But I think it's hard to be vulnerable when you reach that level of prominence... anything he says will be scrutinized and potentially be quoted for years to come, and will affect not only himself but everyone who works at Facebook. Even if you want to be authentic, there are powerful social forces which make you careful in what you say.

> While my experience doesn’t always jibe with the ideas in the book

Care to elaborate, @emmett?

> I want to feel impressed with how much you’ve done in the period of time you’ve had to do it.

If your startup doesn't pass this test, is there any good advice on how to fix it (either for this startup or future startups)?

Any advice on setting the top three goals for your startup? Do founders actually create "SMART" goals or are they more general like "growth"?

Getting investors who can help with regulation challenges in certain cities seems worthwhile.

I think if you had a time machine and went back 50 years you would quickly realize all the things you're taking for granted that we have now. Right now is the best time ever for humanity.

The thing about capitalism is you need to find a path that lies in the intersection of your abilities and what the world wants.

Unfortunately in the US the default path is getting a college degree in whatever - and we're continuing to funnel young people down that path even though the world no longer wants generic college graduates.

College may still be a good path, but pick your major carefully based on empirical salary data and consider how long it will take you to pay back your tuition.

Culturally we seem to take the benefits of capitalism completely for granted. Nobody exclaims "capitalism is fucking amazing" when their favorite tv show is renewed for another season, or when a new awesome tv show is created.

If people made the connection that capitalism is the thing that's creating all these things in your life that you love.. that those things don't materialize magically as a result of people just doing their thing... that would change the perception of capitalism dramatically.

What's the best alternative to capitalism in your mind?

Capitalism is pretty good at making sure people are doing something actually useful to others, that's where a lot of the satisfaction of work lies in the first place.

Not all work is equally satisfying as well. Most kinds of work would make me miserable. Capitalism is great because you have a lot of wiggle room - you choose within the intersection of your abilities and what the world wants.

If your preferred work is something useless to society like digging random holes or whatever, you may be able to do that in a capitalist system as well if we implement some sort of basic income.