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Re:How to get rich without getting lucky (2018) by cryptica on Friday June 07, 2019 @03:00AM (#20122258)
Except that I don't care about Uber, Tinder, or AirBnb. I would happily pay more for regular Taxi and regular Hotels if only I could afford what I really want; to live in my own house in a place I actually want to live in. Now because of the job market, I am forced to live to a big city where all the rich people have their toy startups and houses are too expensive.

As a software engineer, I'm just an entertainer for rich people. I wish they would just give me the money for free so that I could create real value working on my open source projects.

Re:How to get rich without getting lucky (2018) by kjsbfkjbf on Friday June 07, 2019 @11:35AM (#20125588)
There is a better argument than yours imo.

If we diverted the funding and manpower in Uber into public transportation... what happens? If we provided more affordable housing/tourist accommodations such that people did not _need_ to rent out their places in AirBnB, what happens?

The Tinder problem/solution is a weird one. It's in itself both and harmful and beneficial.

Re:How to get rich without getting lucky (2018) by somatic on Friday June 07, 2019 @11:07AM (#20125280)
>As a software engineer, I'm just an entertainer for rich people.

What do you mean by this?

Re:How to get rich without getting lucky (2018) by 0x8BADF00D on Friday June 07, 2019 @03:10AM (#20122315)
> As a software engineer, I'm just an entertainer for rich people. I wish they would just give me the money for free so that I could create real value working on my open source projects.

That's due to regulatory capture and a high tax rate due to excessive regulation. There is a book I highly recommend that you read. It is called "The Kingdom of Moltz" by Irwin Schiff, a bonafide political prisoner in the United States who died for his beliefs. When you read this book, you'll realize that crony capitalism and fiat central banking has sacrificed the well-being of the vast majority of US citizens.