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Re:WeWork Co-Founder Has Cashed Out at Least $700M Via Sales... by codetrotter on Thursday July 18, 2019 @07:07PM (#20474848)
> "WeWork is a weird company because it is a real estate company that thinks it’s a tech startup; [...]"

This quote reminds me of something that was said in the movie The Founder (2016).

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4276820/

(Spoiler alert, possibly.)

“You’re not in the hamburger business. You’re in the real estate business.”

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Re:WeWork Co-Founder Has Cashed Out at Least $700M Via Sales... by jackweirdy on Thursday July 18, 2019 @10:22PM (#20475713)
That movie had some excellent scenes demonstrating systems thinking, particularly the idea of optimising parts a system to improve the productivity of its whole
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