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So you're telling me risky investments in possibly revolutionary startups can fail? If we go back to writing by PG, failures like this are proof we are making r
by thetabyte 14y ago
So you're telling me risky investments in possibly revolutionary startups can fail? If we go back to writing by PG, failures like this are proof we are making risky a enough investments to actually make a big difference.
- Prophasi 14y agoStrategic conduct on the part of businesses isn't the same thing as smart (or ethical, or legal) conduct when it's done by governments. Everything has a context.
- thetabyte 14y agoI agree. Which is why government making the risky investments that more conservative businesses won't in order to create the empowering innovations that will save our environment and improve our economy is a major positive for me.
- patrickgzill 14y agoAnd if it just happens to benefit major contributors and bundlers to the party of the President that is in power, well, that is entirely a coincidence!
- kbutler 14y agoYour "proof" logic is backwards. PG's point was not that failing means you're doing it right, but rather that never failing means you're not pushing hard enough.
- thetabyte 14y agoI understand that. But not everything the government funds fails. I am instead disproving the case presented to me—the failure of Solyndra is not evidence of a failing government effort.