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Another valueless "disruption" being injected play money to destabilise the semblance of healthy capitalism we had on a macro level. Venture capital enables su
by jxub 9y ago
Another valueless "disruption" being injected play money to destabilise the semblance of healthy capitalism we had on a macro level.
Venture capital enables subsidies to speculative companies in hope of a small probability of profit, which destroys perfectly good small companies [0] , and acts as a libertarian version of socialism [1]. This exposes the fabric of a normal economy to small stressors, a couple of which may hit it big and destroy entire industries. This has its brutal repercussions [2] which are not only economical, but also social, as the sum of jobs destroyed is bigger than the new ones created, at least in low innovation sectors, and which makes extremist movements grow out of the general frustration with the state of things (isn't Trump the result of "disruption" in politics too?).
However, in my opinion Universal Basic Income will fix all the major problems acting effectively as a universal VC - and paradoxically a healthy one as not guided by buzzwords or credentialism, which should be the only way any subsidy work, as it frees everyone from black swan risks which are fruit of unexpected outcomes of technological advances (and a good thing per se), and enables them to work on bettering the world in an amazing way (my speculation). Until the AI comes along... Well, that's for another story.
[0] https://m.signalvnoise.com/venture-capital-is-going-to-murder-medium-656cbccf4829 https://m.signalvnoise.com/venture-capital-is-going-to-murde...
[1] https://medium.com/@willszal/venture-capital-as-socialism-478770b9715b https://medium.com/@willszal/venture-capital-as-socialism-47...
[2] https://www.technologyreview.com/s/515926/how-technology-is-destroying-jobs/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/515926/how-technology-is-...
Edit: build an argument
- Judgmentality 9y agoEven though I agree with you, it would make for a much better conversation if you provided some evidence yourself instead of insisting the onus is on others to prove you wrong.
- jxub 9y agoYou're right, I sound like a prick even though I hadn't meant it. I'll grab some data later on to construct a more compelling case against this type of funding.
- octernion 9y agoas an instacart engineer, i'd be super curious as well. i haven't seen many actual data-driven cases (noting this honestly and thank you for acknowledging the attitude in your initial comment :)
- jotm 9y agoProve it yourself or get downvoted to shit (not by me). This isn't a real discussion, it's HN.