I'm a consequentialist so the intention doesn't change anything for me.
All I'm saying is that this is really bad and OP should accept that they will have to suffer through the consequences.
All I'm saying is that this is really bad and OP should accept that they will have to suffer through the consequences.
Try something new. Try having as much compassion for those that try and fail as you apparently do admiration for those that try and succeed. The difference between these two groups is far less than you think. Your current voice antagonizes both groups, that relatively tiny group, the ones that tried at all.
It also doesn't provide any useful predictive results, noe is it a complete and sustainable philosophical system. If you think sitting on the sidelines and taking pot-shots at people who try and fail is good because the successful ideas were 'obvious', you underestimate the degree to which luck and timing influences success - the saying is 'hindsight is 20/20' - it's very easy to see something fail and say, "well obviously!". It's the same trap for cynics - if you take the easy path to being 'right' because 'everyone knows', it becomes a lazy and self defeating intellectual exercise.
It isn't superior, it's a shell covering an inferiority complex whereby you 'win' by not playing. It's harmful to yourself and others. I suggest some exercise, a yoga class, maybe make a few friends irl. I'll be your friend if you need one. People aren't that bad; but we're all close to sanity's edge, and we all actually need each other.
Please reconsider, friend.
What does that even mean? If you buy a lottery ticket and you win then it was a good idea, if you lose it was a bad idea? That is absurd, sometimes an idea pans out, sometimes it doesn't. There's no way to tell beforehand.
You're also making it sound like investors losing 200K on a failed startup is some kind of crime against humanity. It's not, it's the risk that investors take.