We knew that selection for emotional illness was going on, and it is almost refreshing to find it so candidly acknowledged, but who is daft enough to expect good outcomes? The answer comes: it isn't about outcomes. It's mime.

Reading this, this line deeply resonated: “People that out of necessity grow a thick skin with not fitting in and being OK standing out.”

I think this is a pre req to trying to do what a founder is working to do: Change fundamental belief states of the vast majority of people. It is extremely uncomfortable to stake out a position no one else believes in… yet. It requires courage (and thick skin) to get people through the disbelief curve.