yes.

The way I see it, the only way to have sustained positive impact on the world is to allow humans to be more human and entangle it in the worlds economic system so it remains in place. That construction can only be achieved by a business.

Well, that explains your lousy high-school teacher... The only metric we employ in our schools to measure teachers' performance is a. do they fit in and b. can they keep their classes under control.

you're failing until other people suddenly start to refer to you as successful

exactly. also, social norms don't blend well with market norms... nobody (sane) is going to pay to talk to their friends.

What is the advantage of this library over MDP? (http://mdp-toolkit.sourceforge.net/index.html)

Or,

- Pybrain (http://pybrain.org/)

- Theano/Pylearn (http://deeplearning.net/software/pylearn/ / http://deeplearning.net/software/theano/)

- Orange (http://orange.biolab.si/)

- Pyevolve (http://pyevolve.sourceforge.net/)

There are many machine learning libraries for Python these days, all subtly different in which methods they support. I guess that's good :)

Would it still be productive when the 5th day is a company-wide hackathon?

start a corporate shell in the UK? (or some other cheap place)

Why does he need to jump through hoops that others don't? Oh yes, because he is a 2nd-class netizen, the whole premise of his essay!

finally! an accelerator that is friendly to graduating students...

Groupthink is not a situation where all members agree. Groupthink is a situation where members of a group self-censor their (critical) opinions in fear of retribution or loss of esteem.

I would have done this a long time ago if my country wouldn't levy taxes on companies that aren't active (dormant).

I hadn't considered incorporating abroad seriously until now.

Are there any gotcha's with a company abroad? e.g. annual tax filing in my country (Belgium)? wages paid out by foreign corporation? ...