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Not to disagree with this exercise, but I think that the name ITT is overused and should not be applied here. Why not just ask "What are some good arguments against startups?" If you want a LW buzzword for this exercise, how about hypothetical apostasy or premortem?
I think that ITT should be reserved for the narrow situation where there is a specific set of opponents and you want to prove that you are paying attention to their arguments. Even when the conventional wisdom is correct, it is quite common that the majority has no idea what the minority is saying and falsely claims to have rebutted their arguments. ITT is a way of testing this.
That's a different question.
A good argument against startups might be set VC as an asset class don't outperfom the stock market. On the other hand it's unlikely that the average person working at a company would make that argument, so arguing it would fail the ideological turing test.