&gt; People on HN (...)<p>People <i>talking</i> on HN...<p>There&#x27;s an immense majority of silent people on HN who just learn. I&#x27;ve learnt my startup skills by reading HN for two years, and I&#x27;m very happy that I&#x27;ve learnt the difference between bootstrapping and VCing. I&#x27;m the pleased owner of an LLC now.<p>There is a place on HN for lifestyle businesses and bootstrapped companies, the latter being much less generator of stress. There is patio11 who is really renowed, and although he&#x27;s a hard worker, I don&#x27;t believe he ever put &quot;Advancing Humanity&quot; in any of his pretentions. Lastly: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10169782" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10169782</a><p>I often point out that happiness is what actually advances the world. Unbeloved people who surround us, or unbeloved busy people who spend their time at work, accumulate frustration, unmet expectations, and sometimes accumulate hate. Unhappy and excluded people are the most extremist in politics, and they&#x27;re often the most part of the warmongers.<p>Maybe spending time to love the people around us will make 1, or 2 people happy. It&#x27;s not an app, it&#x27;s non-scalable. But if that prevents extremist votes and wars, aren&#x27;t we the ones advancing humanity?