2 tech leaders talk as if personnel were property... oh wait, they are!

Would those scientists from 50 years ago step forward?

Another view would be to look up publicly available company revenues and see that their annual revenues are totally not affected at all. You can see an increase in year on year. No were are those figures dipping or near bankruptcy like what they claim.

I'd love to see these revenue

I guess the best check (and benefit) for startups are commit mistakes early, commit mistakes often.

so many ideas, so litte time :)

I'd love to send my kids to this school instead http://go0dspeed.multiply.com/video/item/32/Schools_Designed...

In the final analysis, the wild roller coaster is so much more fun to ride than your average jetliner :) Go figure...

When this happens "Hiring will be obsolete" http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html

...because we've inspired everyone to do startups. There will be nobody else to hire :)

We're back to the pre-industrial revolution era. Where everyone didn't hire anyone and had their own backyard industry.

Woohoo!

Not really. We are at a new plateau, if you want: stuff that used to be hard is now standard. So people can lift up their heads and get going with something new.