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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020) by eckza on Monday March 28, 2022 @02:22PM (#30833770)
Sure, but in order to do that, you need to know how to teach people how to want; and then, you have to be able to do that. NB, those two things generally comprise two different skillsets.

You need a product that is powerful enough to give you the leverage to change deep-seated bits of human psychology.

Henry Ford knew how to do this. So did Jobs.

$0.02. I don't want to discourage anyone from building something and making money on it; just adding on to your comment.

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Re:I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020) by fartcannon on Monday March 28, 2022 @03:57PM (#30834864)
Henry Ford and Steve Jobs can have the mindless market they've created. Adjacent to that, a system that detaches the need for marketing would unlock more human creativity. Why is google so valuable? Because the system is designed to optimize for Google-like local minimums, and not for creativity or the unknown future.
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