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This has nothing to do with startup or current times. That's why I gave example of Google. Google is not a scam in my definition but still has clearly faked gem
by YetAnotherNick 3y ago
This has nothing to do with startup or current times. That's why I gave example of Google. Google is not a scam in my definition but still has clearly faked gemini demo. Even Wright brothers admitted to faking a lot of news and claims before they could make real working planes.[1][2]
[1]: https://www.nps.gov/teachers/classrooms/the-wright-brothers-first-flight-fake-news.htm https://www.nps.gov/teachers/classrooms/the-wright-brothers-...
[2]: http://wright-brothers.wikidot.com/ http://wright-brothers.wikidot.com/
- nathan_compton 3y agoIt still counts as a scam even if someone eventually succeeds. Whether the given thing is a scam depends on whether, at the moment of utterance, the statement is a lie meant to accomplish some goal or not. It doesn't exclude the possibility that success might happen someday. This is what I mean about the bizarre morals of startup hustler types. Lying to extend your runway is still lying and normal people still think its a scam.
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoDo you use any word to distinguish what google did in my example vs what theranos/FTX did? Or would you put both in the same category as one small lie is same as basing existence of a company on lie.
- akaru 3y agoIs this the same google that raised money under the motto “don’t do evil”?
- rasz 3y agoGoogle raised money under the motto of: >Digital Library, “birds of a feather” identified inside sea of information so communities and groups could be tracked in an organized way "Highlands Forum", DLI (NSF, NASA and DARPA), MDDS program, In-Q-Tel etc https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-google-e836451a959e https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/how-the-cia-made-goo...