Of course the harsh truth is that most startups fail, but at least there is that 1 in a 10 chance of being tremendously successful (and the sense of actually being able to contribute to this chance)
on reading patterns
people that are accustomed to reading fast will read faster with two columns of justified text, whereas people that read slower will read faster with one column of unjustified text.
on dreams and reality
we all have hopes and dreams of quitting our jobs and writing that killer app that will make us millions.
but in the end the vast majority of us are lazy. when we quit our dayjobs we sit around in our underwear reading reddit and at the most blogging instead of busting ass on our dream.