Yeah -- that's fair; you're right to call me out on that, and you've offered a charitable interpretation of comments.

Ctrl + F "ask" in the article: Ian Ruder writes "All I ask ... Lord knows we don't need ..." so it seems the article is written from a consumerist perspective. We reject consumerism and individualism as preached by New Mobility, Y Combinator, or their partners.

https://newmobility.com/author/iruder/

Ian Ruder loves Star Wars and Lego. Perhaps in an alternate reality, Mr. Ruder would be building autonomous Lego Mindstorms Crab Chairs with his wife and sons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E#Plot