I've recently been thinking about Steve Blank's characterization of start-up companies as essentially "searching" for a business model to "execute".

I think the reason so many noteworthy things not directly related to entrepreneurship pop up on yc news is that this "search" process uncovers unexpected things along the way. It's a kind of nexus for new thoughts and unusual twists.

Many of us engage in the entrepreneurial search process and at the same time co-opt it for other purposes. There is a lot of value in the overlap.