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Re:Stupid Apps and Changing the World by bambax on Saturday September 26, 2015 @06:01AM (#10282666)
The point with changing the world is you should change it for the better.

It's very arguable that Facebook and Uber, for example, are changing the world for the worse.

Re:Stupid Apps and Changing the World by br_smartass on Saturday September 26, 2015 @10:23AM (#10283166)
Honestly, I can barely stand HN and the startup world anymore, why not be up front about it already and say it's all about being rich and escaping the common folk disgusting lifes? How is Facebook an example of "changing the world" in any relevant way? How is Apple any different of other big corporation of yesterday like IBM, GE, Ford? To me this is startup gospel with zero substance("ohhhhh network effects! It's like special effects!"). This is mainstream culture, but I guess the "idealist hacker maker underdog" myth is just too good to let go.