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Yes, many business ideas I see are of the type "That would be a great idea if you could make it work, but given how much easier it is to fool people into thinki
by vintermann 2y ago
Yes, many business ideas I see are of the type "That would be a great idea if you could make it work, but given how much easier it is to fool people into thinking you have made it work, than to actually make it work, the odds aren't good".
And if you're a rich investor willing to bet on a lot of such things hoping to make it back on of the few that work, well, you just made that ratio even more lopsided.
- godelski 2y ago> but given how much easier it is to fool people into thinking you have made it work, than to actually make it work One thing that has often surprised me about HN is how people routinely upvote and boast about how they faked a demo. Idk why we refuse to call that what it is: a lie. IDK if Jobs did it, it is still a lie. It's one thing to say that this is what we imagine a technology will be like, but to call it a demo and act like it is the actual tool and that its capabilities generalize to the tasks being shown is theater. Are tech bros just theater kids?
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