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Airbnb has created a lot of value for its shareholders. I think it’s an open question whether it’s been a net negative or positive for the world at large when y
by foldr 1y ago
Airbnb has created a lot of value for its shareholders. I think it’s an open question whether it’s been a net negative or positive for the world at large when you consider all the externalities.
- red-iron-pine 1y agothis sounds unironically like that comic where the businessman is talking to kids around a fire with ruins in the background "yeah we destroyed the world, but for a short glorious moment we created a lot of value for the shareholders" or the one about how they're proud they built the Torment Nexus
- foldr 1y agoI just mean that people who invested in Airbnb made money. Do you disagree? The “value creation” language comes from the comment I’m replying to.