Oh, dear. Mr Markham had a good point, and if he hadn't chosen to demonstrate his extremely flawed understanding of world politics, it'd have worked well.
I actually think that providing the support makes it easier for people to fail. Because you can say "Fuck it, this is never going to work." and move onto the next thing, without worrying that you'll starve to death in the meanwhile.
Failing in the UK is seen as Very Bad Indeed. Obviously we like underdogs, but if you've failed at something once, the general national feeling is that you shouldn't try it again because you clearly suck.
just like failing in business shouldn't mean losing your job, or in politics mean a public crucifixion, as long as people have learned from the failure.
Hmm. I wonder how, say, Edinburgh would fare over three years if they instituted a New Deal equivalent scheme where anyone who could prove they were working on a startup would a) get paid a bit more than the dole, b) not have to do the "looking for work" crap, and c) not be penalised for failure?
(Oh, and let's have a few useful compulsory classes in there on How To Do It Better).
Sure, lots of the startups wouldn't be serious, would fail, or would suck badly. But a 1% success rate over 3 years would look pretty remarkable...
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
no subject
I actually think that providing the support makes it easier for people to fail. Because you can say "Fuck it, this is never going to work." and move onto the next thing, without worrying that you'll starve to death in the meanwhile.
no subject
Of course, you also need to encourage a culture of failure, which is where Norway and the UK both do very badly.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
(Oh, and let's have a few useful compulsory classes in there on How To Do It Better).
Sure, lots of the startups wouldn't be serious, would fail, or would suck badly. But a 1% success rate over 3 years would look pretty remarkable...
no subject
no subject
no subject