HN is a weird place. People are queuing up to beat on GDP but everybody seems happy that market cap actually means something worth comparing. Pension investmen

HN is a weird place. People are queuing up to beat on GDP but everybody seems happy that market cap actually means something worth comparing. Pension investment pools aside, the world would more easily weather the immediate passing of Apple than Amazon or WMT. They're all made up numbers, Jim. Comparing them just amplifies the stupid.