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The author imagines that the funding will not grow forever. That's almost a certainty, as the article describes carefully.
by robotresearcher 10y ago
The author imagines that the funding will not grow forever. That's almost a certainty, as the article describes carefully.
- narrowrail 10y agoWhile it's a good warning to WMF, it's not currently a problem. With longevity, they are in for some large endowments. I think those giving a certain amount (?) should have a vote on various directions of the org, like shareholders but, for the common good that supports their mission statements, instead of shareholder value. Edit: Punctuation.
- mst 10y ago> While it's a good warning to WMF, it's not currently a problem. I believe the author's thesis is that by the time "it's not currently a problem" is no longer an argument that makes sense, it will also no longer be possible to effectively correct the WMF's course in a way that will solve it. I'm not sure I have any idea how to effectively determine if the author is correct about that, but certainly I don't think "it's not currently a problem" actually contradicts anything he's saying.
- jawbone3 10y agoEcxept for the correction that it is the authors unsupported assertion, not any actually argued thesis, I think you summarized it nicely.
- smsm42 10y agoFunding will not grow forever, neither would expense. There's no danger it would consume whole world's GDP and would require us to acquire an intergalactic loan from Arcturian Galactic Bank. https://www.xkcd.com/605/ https://www.xkcd.com/605/