I think one problem of the Web is that it can reinforce one-dimensionality in some people. People seek out only the narrow set of things they are interested in instead of taking advantage of the breadth it has to offer. So you get people complaining that pg or Joel Spolsky don't talk about what they used to talk about anymore.
That's a really bad place to put yourself. My business ideas are pretty far from what I see discussed here, but I still get a lot of useful knowledge from hanging around. I'd say that the fact that the startups here are different from what I'm likely to do is valuable in its own way: forces me to see the common technology from another perspective and that itself generates further ideas.
That's a really bad place to put yourself. My business ideas are pretty far from what I see discussed here, but I still get a lot of useful knowledge from hanging around. I'd say that the fact that the startups here are different from what I'm likely to do is valuable in its own way: forces me to see the common technology from another perspective and that itself generates further ideas.