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Re:Peter Thiel Is Wrong About the Future by ThomPete on Thursday October 09, 2014 @08:30AM (#8431940)
That is putting the wagon in front of the horse IMHO. A monopoly doesn't drive progress imho it takes advantage of an opportunity no one else did compared to where the world is at any given time.
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Re:Peter Thiel Is Wrong About the Future by seanflyon on Thursday October 09, 2014 @05:42PM (#8435161)
> takes advantage of an opportunity no one else did

Sounds like a reasonable definition of progress.

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Re:Peter Thiel Is Wrong About the Future by ThomPete on Friday October 10, 2014 @08:38AM (#8437374)
That doesn't mean that the monopoly drives it and there are plenty of examples of monopolies hindering it.
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