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This is wasted labor. These people could instead spend their time more productively.
by perfmode 7y ago
This is wasted labor. These people could instead spend their time more productively.
- imbusy111 7y agoOn what exactly? I feel like we don't have a shortage of people able to execute, but rather a shortage of good ideas or ideas we are willing to invest money in.
- cycrutchfield 7y agoNot according to the market
- zepearl 7y agoThis is maybe a little bit (in a contorted way) similar to "Parable of the broken window"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window In this case there are probably some highly skilled people involved who were able to increase their know-how (doing research to make the car somehow be xxM$ worth) thanks to being funded by whoever bought the car, but the whole exercise generates probably very little intellectual value outside of this context.
- cycrutchfield 7y ago>the whole exercise generates probably very little intellectual value outside of this context Why do you assume that the R&D required to produce this vehicle is somehow wasted effort?
- zepearl 7y agoI did not assume that it was "wasted" ("little" is more than 0).
- perfmode 7y agoPrecisely the parable of the broken window.
- Fins 7y agoThe same could be said about 95% of SV hackers. At least Bugatti employees do honest work for living and do not make the world a worse place.