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This is an old and tired take - The more interesting thought (and equally as unoriginal) is 'The Internet' has effectively commoditized human attention. The co
by anonymouse008 4y ago
This is an old and tired take -
The more interesting thought (and equally as unoriginal) is 'The Internet' has effectively commoditized human attention. The commoditization happens because most knowledge easily accessible. This changes your attentive value from raw ability to gather information, the old regime, to the ability to create and synthesize across domains.
I'm interested to see if this means we see fewer 'great entrepreneurs' and more bootstrapped businesses in the $10-500m revenue range built by people who can learn to be a solo-developer/mercenary leader with ruthless business sense.
- tresqotheq 4y ago>I'm interested to see if this means we see fewer 'great entrepreneurs' It is really interesting to see that you specify "enterpreneurs", instead of concerned about losing potential great artists, scientists, philosophers. I mean, where would we be, if the past Shakespeare, Einstien and Newtons were perpetually distracted and preventing them from making works of art and discoveries we now value most?
- lmm 4y agoShakespeare and Einstein both benefitted greatly from synthesizing existing work; if they'd had more and easier access to what others were writing that seems likely to improve rather than diminish what they produced.
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- tresqotheq 4y agoI think you were distracted, and this ^ comment was written without much thought. Oh wait. You are on HN. No surprise!