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> I'd love to see an alternate timeline where one of these giant companies took their trillions of dollars and said "You know what, fuck you, shareholders! We'r
by randomdata 2y ago
> I'd love to see an alternate timeline where one of these giant companies took their trillions of dollars and said "You know what, fuck you, shareholders! We're going to be pure research now!
If this alternate timeline where giant companies are autonomous creatures were to be, why would there be shareholders?
- throwaway14356 2y agowhy would they even be companies? Not sure if true but i read a funny: bezos entire fortune could keep the pentagon afloat for 2 whole weeks.
- notjulianjaynes 2y agoForbes is saying he's got $211 billion so more like 3 months if we're comparing to the whole dod budget
- robertlagrant 2y agoThat's shares number of shares times current share price, not money. If he starts selling those shares they won't all sell at that price.
- throwaway14356 2y ago$6.1 trillion 2023 seems 500b per month?
- randomdata 2y ago> why would they even be companies? Because that's what was asserted to be in this alternate timeline. An alternate-alternate timeline could have no companies, sure, but the discussion is centred around a specific alternate timeline.
- bee_rider 2y agoMaybe the companies could be run by LLMs. They will still need shareholders because, well, as far as I know at least computers can’t own property yet.
- randomdata 2y agoAn alternate-alternate timeline might have companies run by LLMs, but the alternate timeline under discussion states that the giant companies act on their own accord, with their own dollars – which, again, questions where the shareholders fit.