He is obviously not suggesting that and it's frankly gross to pull that move.
-
It seems like I haven't been clear: SV has an unusually encouraging & ambitious culture. As far as business environments go, it's remarkably friendly to founders with past failures. I'm pushing back on you because I think this is GOOD, not because I see discouragement everywhere.
I hope you'll consider the arguments against discouragement as a filter that I've laid out over the remainder of my responses on this thread, but either way — I hope you'll be extremely cautious in the way you speak to others about their ambitions, particularly children.