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If we let companies race to the bottom leaving only a duopoly, then one of those companies mortally wounds themselves with flawed profit-margin-enhancing tech (
by gorgoiler 7y ago
If we let companies race to the bottom leaving only a duopoly, then one of those companies mortally wounds themselves with flawed profit-margin-enhancing tech (787 MCAS, VW diesel, Galaxy battery fires, Deskstar HDDs) are we not at risk of entering a technological dark age?
- rstuart4133 7y agoNah. The magic is not the company. It's the people in it. When Nokia's retail division went up it a ball of flames, the engineers didn't just disappear and become janitors or something. They formed HMD, who is the one of the very few mobile phone makers seeing ear on year growth in shipments. Raw human talent is the major driver of innovation. Companies are just one way they organise themselves. Open source is another. Different organisations suit different circumstances, but you always need the raw human talent.