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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest made $1.07bln global revenue. So Moderna made roughly 4 Dad Man's Chest's of revenue this quarter for their incredibl
by zetazzed 5y ago
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest made $1.07bln global revenue. So Moderna made roughly 4 Dad Man's Chest's of revenue this quarter for their incredibly innovative mRNA vaccine, given to tens of millions of people, saving tens of thousands of lives. A truly sweet deal for society at large.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films
- throwaway2048 5y agoor to look at it another way, how low the reward is for genuinely world changing things vs fluff
- RosanaAnaDana 5y agoSo I'll take it you didn't like 'At Worlds End'
- ethbr0 5y agoI preferred Contagion from 2011.
- moksly 5y agoIt’s not really fluff, it’s circus maximus because when you paralyse the masses with entertainment they won’t have time to realise how terrible their lives are compared to the elite.
- jazzyjackson 5y agofluff has a known good ROI changing the world is very risky, might not be as much of an upside as you expect
- HPsquared 5y agoThe rule is "Cost < Price < Value"
- TheRealSteel 5y agoOr, alternatively, the vaccine is worth roughly 2/3 of GTA V