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Yeahhhhh plus did any of those really change “how people think”? I was expecting some epistemology content, not just “if you’re Uber-successful (heh) you can cr
by bbor 2y ago
Yeahhhhh plus did any of those really change “how people think”? I was expecting some epistemology content, not just “if you’re Uber-successful (heh) you can create a new sub market”. Like,
For Uber, people wanted an easier way to get around, but, at the same time, people’s thinking shifted away from “why would I want to get into a strangers car?”
That’s literally describing taxis. By what metric would taxi drivers not be strangers?
AirBnb shifted thinking away from “why would I let strangers into my house?”.
Couch surfing is a long-running practice that Airbnb monetized. Plus, y’know, BnBs exist.
Reddit changed the way people interacted online and how online content was aggregated, people often append “reddit” to their google results to get higher quality content.
This isn’t really saying anything in the first place. Forums are older than reddit, to say the least, and the “Reddit + Google” effect is an overblown cliche at this point IMHO.
DoorDash changed the way people think about takeout and how restaurants monetize their food.
I’d maaaaybe give DD and GH “popularized”, maybe. But “changed how people think about takeout” seems unsupported.
OpenAI completely shifted how people think about intelligence and the effects of AI on society.
They invented the first usable chatbot. That’s not “changing how people think” in any intentional way, that’s just first-mover advantage. The first car, the first passenger plane, and the first vaccine had similar effects, not because of any business strategy but just because those technologies turned out the useful.
- apeescape 2y agoI agree with you, but just wanted to point out that the author is (from what I gather) a teenager, so perhaps a degree of naivete is expected in his writing.
- bbor 2y agoWell then I should add: this is overall well written from a rhetorical standpoint, and thought provoking -- even if I disagreed. Thanks for posting, OP :). Hope to see more, at the least so I can disagree again!