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tl;dr Acquihire founder is shocked when the giant behemoth that did the acquisition is motivated to protect its billions of quarterly profit at the expense of e
by larrymyers 4y ago
tl;dr Acquihire founder is shocked when the giant behemoth that did the acquisition is motivated to protect its billions of quarterly profit at the expense of empowering all the brainpower it employs to do innovative and inherently risky things.
Really good piece of writing though, it never loses the plot despite being a longer read.
- mcenedella 4y ago“it never loses the plot” - great assessment. it really does hold your attention throughout.
- pif 4y agoYour comment is spot on, and the line you wrote summarizes perfectly the article. If you are wondering about the downvotes, it's because HN'ers hate when you state the truth about the world being larger than the web startups microcosm.
- fleddr 4y agoWhy do you position this as a binary option? Google must have tens of thousands of people not directly working on ads. What exactly is so "risky" about this "subsidized" surplus working on risky bets?
- riku_iki 4y agobut they do lots of risky bets.