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Because people want to pay their rent and eat. “Hard problems” take a lot of work and time and no one is going to pay me to ponder on a tricky algorithm [1] [1
by brtkdotse 5y ago
Because people want to pay their rent and eat. “Hard problems” take a lot of work and time and no one is going to pay me to ponder on a tricky algorithm [1]
[1] actually there is. It’s called “academia” and from what I’m told it’s pretty miserable to be in
- educatedfool 5y agoAgree. Very hard problems or big investments (e.g. rail network, infrastructure at a country level, basic research with high risk of failure that will take decades) you usually have some form of state agency running it. PS: have not heard a good word about academia from numerous friends in it. Might be regional (EU) but still...
- movedx 5y ago> Agree. Very hard problems or big investments Who said anything about hard problems or "big investments"? I never said that. Why are you saying that?
- movedx 5y ago> Because people want to pay their rent and eat. That's the wrong reason to set up a business, but the right reason to simply get a job. > “Hard problems” Who said anything about hard problems? Are businesses only designed to solve hard problems?