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This attitude makes me so sad. When I started in tech, people were proud that this was one of the few industries that shared equity with a broad base of employe
by zetazzed 4y ago
This attitude makes me so sad. When I started in tech, people were proud that this was one of the few industries that shared equity with a broad base of employees. Seeing a parking lot full of Porsches was celebrated, and people loved stories of the secretary (or mural painter in the Facebook case) who got rich off their options.
But PaulG seems excited about the days when the pie can be captured by fewer and fewer people, specifically those in the class to which he feels closest (founders). It's a very strange argument about perception too - people are consider billionaires undeserving of enormous wealth, but just wait until they share that wealth even less broadly! Then everyone will see how great they are and love them more, right?
- onemoresoop 4y agoIt is sad indeed and many of us feel used and discarded. But maybe this will have a different outcome than we envision. Maybe the capitalist class can be automated away too
- Axsuul 4y agoIt's not a zero-sum game here. Being able to do more with less is a huge win — this enables individuals and small teams to tackle niche problems that would've otherwise been ignored. But there will always be an endless stream of universe-scale problems that require massive hordes of people to solve.
- moolcool 4y agoSomeone seeing automation tools and saying “cool! This will centralize wealth even more, and that’s a good thing” is quite revealing