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> that's just a moderate financial risk which is much smaller than the financial risk of doing a startup

If you do it the wrong way, a startup is a big financial risk. But a lot of brilliant startups get started without their founders ever putting their lives on the line. Case in point: this article.

I think there's a tendency for people whose lives are unstable for other reasons to chalk it up to being brilliant.

http://gapingvoid.com/2004/08/14/dying-young-is-overrated/



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