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Re:Ask HN: What buzzwords or expressions do you dislike the ... by hatsubai on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:56PM (#17878996)
"Disruptive" - It's a term that used to describe an annoying school child, but now all of the startup junkies use it to push their grandiose ideas that they claim will upend major industries.
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Re:Ask HN: What buzzwords or expressions do you dislike the ... by verganileonardo on Thursday August 30, 2018 @05:41PM (#17881035)
Schumpeter used this term in 1942 to describe startups destroying incumbents.

"In Schumpeter's vision of capitalism, innovative entry by entrepreneurs was the disruptive force that sustained economic growth, even as it destroyed the value of established companies and laborers that enjoyed some degree of monopoly power."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction

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