h_operator·il y a 17 ans·discussFunny -- an article on HN yesterday (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/edmundconway/100002310/...) tells us more about the Kindle and Western manufacturing than an article that putatively deals with both those subjects.
h_operator·il y a 17 ans·discuss"It seems to me that every-one wants to be a writer now-a-days,"Yeah: see Gabriel Zaid's So Many Books: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance. http://jseliger.com/2008/06/18/so-many-books-reading-and-pub... .
h_operator·il y a 17 ans·discussThe Ph.D. will always be there, but the opportunity for a startup might disappear with time. Given that, staying upwind (http://paulgraham.com/hs.html) would tend to dictate going with a startup.