This post rereads Mike Arrington’s 2010 article Are You a Pirate?.
I’ve read this post before and had the pleasure of revisiting it when a friend sent it over.
I’ve been thinking more about similar ideas: deviancy, variability, and risks, especially actions that are perceived as risky by the general population but are perhaps not that risky at all - there’s an inevitability, a necessity to them.
On risk
Entrepreneurs, though, are all screwed up. They don’t need to be rewarded for risk, because they actually get utility out of risk itself. In other words, they like adventure.
On payouts
The payouts for starting a business are just terrible when you account for risk.
On adventure
But I left the law after just three years to join a startup. And the reason I did it was adventure. I wanted to be in the game, not just watching it.
Referencing the man in the arena
Now that person is interesting. That person has stories to tell. That person is a man who has been in the arena.