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Facebook, well I agree is meaningful. But n th Facebook app/game, photosharing, UX/Design nonsensical blogging platform is surely isnt innovation. The issue i
by thorwed123 15y ago
Facebook, well I agree is meaningful.
But n th Facebook app/game, photosharing, UX/Design nonsensical blogging platform is surely isnt innovation.
The issue is that while Wealth might be a non zero sum game, talent is a zero sum game.
More people making crap apps mean lesser people working on meaningful innovation in Healthcare, Energy and Computing.
And this sad trend is started by YC/TC and the likes.
Actually all traditional VC firms such as KPCB do fund real innovative companies, e.g. BloomBox
- forensic 15y agoSo put your money where you mouth is and pay me to work on robotics and space travel. Offer any 25 year old this choice: a) You can be paid $100k/year and work on space travel. b) You can go found a photosharing startup and I'll fund it. The far majority will choose (a). But guess what? No one is funding space travel, and when they do fund space travel, the 25-year-olds they hire are generally just sexy female secretaries who fetch them coffee. Offer a 25 year old a challenging job in the space travel field and he will take it. The jobs aren't there. No one with money gives a fuck about space travel aside from Richard Branson who won't hire me because I don't have 30 years of experience being a rocket scientist. Why is it so hard to become an apprentice to a rocket scientist? Why are there so few jobs in this field, and so many in sharing photos and affiliate marketing?