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Uber is an iffy case. Starlink was possible due to the expertise within SpaceX, and the ability to subsidize the hoisting of the satellites into orbit.

• NoPicklez 2y ago
  There will always be a way to explain the events that enabled the disruption and that doesn't take away from the achievement. Put it this way the ISP in my country on the other side of the world has now been disrupted and now Starlink enables farmers in remote deserts can access high speed internet, due to a new Space exploration company subsidizing the cost of satellites based on its technology to hoist satellites into orbit to provide such internet. It is a culmination of things going right and the right industry movement that creates disruption.
  • etchalon 2y ago
    I wasn't discounting the achievement. Just pointing out the achievement was the result of domain-experts, not random people with a lot of capital and a can-do spirit.
    • setr 2y ago
      You need a lot of capital in order to acquire the domain experts. The main question, once you have the capital, is whether you can correctly identify an expert, and set them up to be functional/productive