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It's also probably related to the "launch or die" ecosystem that Y Combinator, Sand Hill investors, and pretty much the entire ecosystem promotes. When was the
by dheera 3y ago
It's also probably related to the "launch or die" ecosystem that Y Combinator, Sand Hill investors, and pretty much the entire ecosystem promotes.
When was the last time an investor handed an additional $10 million check for 0% to a startup to improve and test their safety systems before launching? Instead their usual mandate is "launch yesterday or die". Which is okay for a SaaS platform or grocery delivery app, but not a deep sea vessel.
Today's version of capitalism is every bit responsible for tragedies like this. While the CEO is directly at fault for certain things, the system is equally at fault for raising and educating a CEO (and huge numbers of post-2000s CEOs) to be like that.
- logifail 3y ago> their usual mandate is "launch yesterday or die". Which is okay for a SaaS platform or grocery delivery app, but not a deep sea vessel Hypothetical users of the SaaS platform or grocery delivery app who find out later that their personal information wasn't handled with the appropriate safeguards might disagree with that one. > Today's version of capitalism is every bit responsible for tragedies like this Correct.
- nyolfen 3y agotrue, i've never heard of issues with the engineering of a submarine produced under socialism
- yoyohello13 3y ago'Not capitalism' is not the same as 'socialism'
- dheera 3y agoYep, exactly. I was suggesting we need a better system in the future, not a worse system.
- xenadu02 3y agoWell "move fast, break things" is fine in certain contexts... SpaceX could be said to have done that. Their first few launches exploded. But they put in the engineering discipline, extensively tested all new/innovative processes, and they didn't dare put a human or even a paying payload on top of their rocket until they'd done extensive work on the test stand and actual launches. You can move fast and innovate in life-critical systems so long as you prioritize the engineering and testing.
- lamontcg 3y agoYeah, it really is a failure of the kind of engineering hubris that you see all over HN every day. This event reads like nature going "no, seriously, you monkeys aren't anywhere nearly as clever as you think you are".