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> yet we're seeing these highly-respected tech leaders try to convince us that such a brain-dead idea is visionary. Why? Because they stand to make another fort
by nl 4y ago
> yet we're seeing these highly-respected tech leaders try to convince us that such a brain-dead idea is visionary. Why? Because they stand to make another fortune on it and they have absolutely no problem lying to our faces about it.
They are clearly wrong, but I think much of the time they aren't lying so much as ignorant.
They aren't gamers, and the logic makes sense to them but they are missing the details that actual gamers care about.
- Nursie 4y ago"What do I care about? Making money. It's the focus of my life. Therefore everyone else cares about that too. We should inject external economic motives into games, they're totally gonna eat this up!"
- chaosbolt 4y ago>"What do I care about? Making money. It's the focus of my life. You should've listened then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18183102#18184642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18183102#18184642
- Nursie 4y agoIn case you didn't understand the content of my post there, it wasn't about me. I note that chainlink is still not "the next bitcoin or ethereum", and frankly I wouldn't care if it was.