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Sure, one restaurant going away won't change anything (though it would mean a lot to the regular customers, and to the employees). That's true for anything thou
by t3wggs 6y ago
Sure, one restaurant going away won't change anything (though it would mean a lot to the regular customers, and to the employees). That's true for anything though. We could close one hospital, or shut down one power plant, and life would carry on.
Who is we: Welcome to Hacker News! A sizeable portion of the HN audience works in unicorn startups, or startups that aspire to be unicorns. Some turn into mature businesses that provide value to many people. Most fail fast and disappear. A few of them, like WeWork, subsist on VC cash infusions and hype fumes while providing little value, or negative value. I'd be more sad if restaurants disappeared than if these did.
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- _curious_ 6y agoSo to answer the question posed in the article title "Does the World Need It Anymore?" we all know the answer: Nope. Thanks for the welcome!
- t3wggs 6y agoYou're welcome! I don't think the answer is supposed to be "Nope". I don't think you are supposed to answer the question posed by headline. I think it's one of those articles where thinking through the question is more valuable than the answer. Makes me appreciate what my favorite restaurants have meant to me, and what role they play in life, and how they are changing.