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I didn't think Uber is a "technological" advancement, so much as a company gambling that it can get away with disrupting the legal quagmire. Same for AirBnB.
by braythwayt 11y ago
I didn't think Uber is a "technological" advancement, so much as a company gambling that it can get away with disrupting the legal quagmire. Same for AirBnB.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoBe fair, lots of folks had the same idea and didn't execute so well. The devil is in the details; thus, technology. Even the marketing/lobbying is a technical issue of sorts.
- braythwayt 11y agoThe details might be sales and marketing. The details might be raising a lot more money than your competitors, using a flashy technological demo, but spending the money running at a loss and starving your competition that is trying to grow organically. Or like the gun lobby, the details might be backroom dealings that get laws passed in your favour. Not all details are "untie this technological knot." Not all companies that fail do so because they didn't get the technology right.
- grp 11y agoI don't think technology has some dark magical power where we can put our scruples into. Those scurple coming from that absurd job struggle. Are we so bored with the struggle for life? Is that game really fun?