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Thanks; I edited my comment. The point remains, though, that PG is not "creating wealth" under the terms laid out in his essay.
by giaour 11y ago
Thanks; I edited my comment. The point remains, though, that PG is not "creating wealth" under the terms laid out in his essay.
- xiaoma 11y agoHe's providing incredible value/wealth to the startups he advises and invests in. I'd also argue that his essays are a great deal of wealth given to the world.
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- malandrew 11y agoIf you truly don't think he is contributing to wealth creation, I can only surmise that you really don't understand the job he performs and the wealth created by people who are good at that particular job. Angel investing and venture capital are jobs that are also prone to the Peter Principle. What makes them different than many other jobs, especially angel investing, is that the person has promoted themselves to their own level of incompetence. Just because some (maybe many) angel investors are incompetent and don't contribute to wealth creation does not mean that none do. His essay focused on one particular lever, technology. His original lever was technology. Now he uses other levers, economic capital, social capital and experience to create wealth. Extracting value from economic capital alone is rent seeking. This is what banks do with loans. Providing economic capital with advise on how to most intelligently make the most of the capital goes beyond mere rent seeking and enters the realm of wealth creating activities.