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If the hn consensus is that ideas have zero value, it should also be that a bulk of smart people also has zero value, in that it isn't the abstract but the conc
by nerpderp82 6y ago
If the hn consensus is that ideas have zero value, it should also be that a bulk of smart people also has zero value, in that it isn't the abstract but the concrete. Smart is mostly a bullshit term anyway, we need to be careful and precise in how we use it.
Every company has lots of smart people, it is how it utilizes them that concretely matters.
- scarface74 6y agoIf you work at a for profit company, your “value” is measured by your contribution to the bottom line in how you help the company make money or save money.
- Nasrudith 6y agoThat only follows if smart is confined to pure ideas and none to implementation. The relevant "stable" of smart in that context are ones who can implement ideas successfully. Like the difference between trying to use a bunch of dutch style windmills, lodestones, and copper wire to try to generate baseload power as opposed to modern escalatingly large wind turbines.