Re:Silicon Inquiry: A personal inquiry into the tech industry
by Fellshard on Friday August 31, 2018 @03:59PM
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A fact easily papered over by politicians or social 'free-thinkers' with an eye for scapegoats and the naivete to think they can do better by tearing it all down and doing it all from scratch.
(An interesting note is that this carries all the dangers of the oft-warned-against 'big rewrite', but on an even larger scale.)
Re:Silicon Inquiry: A personal inquiry into the tech industry
by shady-lady on Friday August 31, 2018 @06:17PM
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Netflix & Amazon for sure..
> Facebook ..and being more liberal & exploitative in sharing user data than any company before
> Airbnb ..and subverting local regulations.
> Uber ..and subverting local regulations.
And yet, those are also enormously important problems to solve.
What made Amazon worth billions of dollars to millions of people?
Logistics.
What made Facebook worth billions of dollars to millions of people?
Logistics.
What made Airbnb worth billions of dollars to millions of people?
Logistics.
What made Netflix worth billions of dollars to millions of people?
Logistics.
What made Uber worth billions of dollars to millions of people?
Logistics.
Why did some people think computers were a fad, or the Internet was a fad?
Because they vastly underestimated the tremendous importance of automation, communication, and coordination to mankind.