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"it's gotten cheaper and cheaper and cheaper to start a startup"

"maybe it's just not the right time yet for a vacation on the moon"

There is a terrible amount of segment bias here. It is orders of magnitude cheaper than it used to be to start a software or virtual service startup. Other varieties of tech startups (chip fabs, space launches, flying cars, etc.) aren't nearly as cheap yet and represent far greater risk. It's a big world. Lots of markets. Lots of possibilities.




Agreed, and if anything this makes it harder to aim for something like holidays on the moon.

If it costs the same to try and build a spaceship as it does to create the new social fad then why not reach for the stars (literally) - but when it's so much cheaper to try and start the next Facebook, and you know that starting the next Facebook could have just as much potential to make you far less people will take the riskier option.




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