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> can't the same be said about horse drawn carriage companies? ford model t came in and damaged their business model. More like Perdue Pharma came in with opio
by ardy42 8y ago
> can't the same be said about horse drawn carriage companies? ford model t came in and damaged their business model.
More like Perdue Pharma came in with opioids and turned everyone into junkies that stopped traveling, so the horse drawn carriage companies lost their customers and started to fold.
The horse drawn carriage -> cars example suggests a poor mental model, since it makes it seem like all hardship caused by technological change seem like it's due to clear improvements in nearly every respect.
- kmlx 8y agocars brought pollution. a different kind than horse manure, but still pollution. if the news publishers don't know how to make money then they should step aside or consolidate or a million other things.