There a lot of people chasing the kind of opportunities that he advocates: ones that have strongly superlinear scaling. That kind of investment comes with a possibility of an explosive gain, but there are many opportunities out there that are profitable but don't grow quite as dramatically. If investors didn't put money into them, they'd be (i) leaving money on the table and (ii) impoverishing the development of a wide range of goods and services that people want and need.
