Haven't you heard? marijuana has absolutely no bad effects. It's apparently safer than water and should be legalised immediately! What could go wrong?!
"I'd say it's my hatred of cancer that drives me to want to achieve riches, via a startup, so I can pour money into its vanquishing."
It was mainly this that I thought was ridiculous. It sums up a lot of what is terrible about valley startup culture, and the strange culture of wanting to cure all diseases.
Oh yeah, I plan to do a startup, solve the money problem, then spend my life fixing all the things I can with my immense wealth. Like say cancer or global warming!
Thanks for highlighting why I shouldn't comment on HN though.