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I think the Go philosophy is probably healthier for an economy overall. I can't say whether that's really what's going on here with Cloudflare specifically, but

I think the Go philosophy is probably healthier for an economy overall. I can't say whether that's really what's going on here with Cloudflare specifically, but it's an interesting way of framing the discussion. In particular, the thing that catches my eye is in the "Territory" section of the post, and the idea that in Go it's not "winner take all". A good Go player won't necessarily beat a less good one by a lot, but will consistently take more territory by the end. Or, as one of my Go strategy books put it: think about a kid cutting a brownie in half to share - they want to give themselves a bit more, but if you're too greedy and try to take a large fraction of it, mom won't let you and you'll end up losing out. I like the idea that in the economy, good ideas and good companies win more often, in that they get the most marketshare, but not necessarily by a lot.

steve76 5y ago
Chess player. Go. What are you? A child? Real world is not a game. Someone steps to you, drop them, drop them fast and drop them hard enough to bury them. What we lack is clarity, exactly where we are and who we are dealing with. Russian businessmen are known to launch a wave of terror in the face of competition, car bombings that blow up post offices and police stations. The Chinese just poisoned the world with a bioweapon over soybean tariffs. My advice to Amazon would be next space launch, don't launch one, launch a thousand. Build a monster of a launch pad on the moon. Anyone bothers you, crash asteroids on them and kill their entire country.
InvaderFizz 5y ago
> think about a kid cutting a brownie in half to share - they want to give themselves a bit more, but if you're too greedy and try to take a large fraction of it, mom won't let you and you'll end up losing out. We take a slightly different approach in my house. The person that divides the treat, gets last pick. It's very effective at getting the closest to equal distribution possible. The only time it falls apart is when I'm not particularly worried, so I haphazardly break the cookie in half and end up with 1/4 for myself.

steve76 5y ago

Chess player. Go. What are you? A child? Real world is not a game. Someone steps to you, drop them, drop them fast and drop them hard enough to bury them. What we lack is clarity, exactly where we are and who we are dealing with. Russian businessmen are known to launch a wave of terror in the face of competition, car bombings that blow up post offices and police stations. The Chinese just poisoned the world with a bioweapon over soybean tariffs. My advice to Amazon would be next space launch, don't launch one, launch a thousand. Build a monster of a launch pad on the moon. Anyone bothers you, crash asteroids on them and kill their entire country.

InvaderFizz 5y ago

> think about a kid cutting a brownie in half to share - they want to give themselves a bit more, but if you're too greedy and try to take a large fraction of it, mom won't let you and you'll end up losing out. We take a slightly different approach in my house. The person that divides the treat, gets last pick. It's very effective at getting the closest to equal distribution possible. The only time it falls apart is when I'm not particularly worried, so I haphazardly break the cookie in half and end up with 1/4 for myself.