>Success is not validation of an idea and we should be ashamed to think so.
To me, it is the very definition of success. If you think that a product is harmful you can state that, but belittling its success because you don't feel like it is best allocation of resources sounds very similar to what the governments of both China and Russia did prior to the cold war and some might even go as far as to say it is a somewhat communist view.
I admit, when I read your comment, I skipped over this by accident:
>It has hardly occurred to Curtis or anyone in these comments that an idea could be both successful and stupid.
There is probably an interesting debate here from a finance perspective on what should and shouldn't be invested in at the early stage. (or what should or shouldn't be worked on). I'm not smart enough to know what is stupid or not stupid, but it is still an interesting concept.