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This is a short term view. There's a certain amount of 'activation energy' that a system needs to be able to kick off and become self sustaining. If a giant gen
by snovv_crash 5y ago
This is a short term view. There's a certain amount of 'activation energy' that a system needs to be able to kick off and become self sustaining. If a giant generalized, subsidized solution already exists PHBs are much happier to spend years trying to knock a round peg into a square hole than take the risk of doing something bespoke for the problem at hand.
- FredPret 5y agoCreating an artificially easy sandbox for your local engineers and entrepreneurs by banning the competition will not lead anywhere good. Competing with the best forces you to improve; playing on easy mode leads to stunted skills and inflated confidence - and worse products, companies, and economies.
- snovv_crash 5y agoIt isn't banning the competition. It's forcing the external competition to follow the same rules as the locals w.r.t. privacy laws. The fact that the external competition can't comply means that there's a market niche available which locals have an opportunity to exploit.