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Great article. It does seem like the majority of popular startups do lack some sort of philanthropic effort. But at the same time (as sad as it may be), people
by rglover 15y ago
Great article. It does seem like the majority of popular startups do lack some sort of philanthropic effort. But at the same time (as sad as it may be), people don't care. It's difficult to imagine a world where an education app is #1 in the app store. In the U.S. at least, nobody cares about problems on a large scale unless it makes them look good. If there's little to no social traction in terms of solving a problem, then anyone willing to is facing a mighty uphill battle. It's easier to make distractions than it is to really change something. Hopefully that changes one day.
- tsunamifury 15y agoI think boredom-killing will hit a threshold when we begin to neglect the very real productivity and critical thinking which is needed for our society to continue to fuction. Pain is a powerful stimuli, and I believe it will motivate the startup world to become more 'productive'.
- ulisesroche 15y agoI hope, for my own good, you're right. I gotta pay student loans on the 15th, and can't find anyone doing anything other than social networking games to take people's money, "sexy" data-mining to take people's money, or mobile fads to take people's money.