dylanjermiah

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   That's an interesting narrative. It is however historically inaccurate. All throughout human history we have replaced tedious, dangerous and repetitive tasks through means other than human labor. Increased efficiency (let's set as
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   Specifically what pain has it caused? What's a superior alternative which would solve the pain you've mentioned?
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   Specifically what problems is he helping create? Why are these problems bad?
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   How so? Earths resources are finite. Allocating the scarce resources as efficiently as possibly is key to thrive and survive.
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   On the topic of A16Z v. Benchmark, especially from 09 onwards Benchmark has done ridiculously well. Early on Uber(a, b + c), Snapchat (a + b), Instagram (a + b), Dropbox (b), Nextdoor (a, b + c), Hortonworks (a, b), Zendesk (b, c + d), New
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   I've heard if you have real (how do you define real?) traction, no matter what you'll get funded. Is there any truth to this? Or in other words, would people actually pass on an investment on a purely physical basis?
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   Autonomous vehicles will not show up and take over overnight. My prediction will be close to full saturation(in most areas) in ~50 years. Improving the technology, infrastructure and regulatory hurdles will all be rolled out incrementally.
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   It's neither good nor bad. It's necessary. The benefits of autonomous vehicles will far outway any short term negative effects.
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   I would say it's more like physically hitting the opponents king off the board and claiming you've won at chess.
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    You're no longer winning in a free market if it isn't free.
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    Also recruiting, especially for senior positions.
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    What type of books are you converting? I've found text only works perfectly, but anytime there's images it's either a hit or a miss.
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    Also Esther Dyson, Jason Calacanis and Crunchfund (Arrington) seems to be doing pretty well.
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    What worked for me was converting the PDFs to Kindle format, using Calibre. Most of the time it works fairly well.
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    If it's a 'digital' product by Apple's definition they get 30%. If it isn't there is no cut.
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    "and the way all those productivity gains have all benefited a very, very tiny amount of people? " The quality of life has been rapidly increasing for the entire planet. Visit ourworldindata.org and view all 16 of the data entries
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    by dylanjermiah 11y ago

    I don't smoke or drink, but I believe in complete legalisation. Individuals, as long as they're not hurting anyone, should decide what to do with their own bodies. The war on drugs has caused more harm than the drugs would have th
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    Hopefully marijuana legalisation acts as a stepping stone to further reform, and ideally (to me) complete legalisation of everything.
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    Care to cite some examples?
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    Any source on AH's returns from 2009-present?
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    VC is a relatively small sector, it was ~50bn last year.
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    Most will not see not see if as their coworkers objective value. You're dealing with people of emotion, not objectivity.
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    If people are consensually engaging in an activity and it is not harmful in anyway to others, it is perfectly fine.
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    So we should protect people from every single conceivable 'bad' outcome?
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    They're free to work for whoever they want. No one is forcing anyone to drive for Uber, they're doing it voluntarily. Why forcibly stop consensual behaviour?
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    Why should we save jobs which are less efficient than other alternatives? Should the government have saved jobs (kill innovation) when 97% of humanity were farmers?
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    Why is uber a crappy company? And how have they been anticompetitive?
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    Why don't we let citizens decide? Companies produce a product and if consumers don't want to use it, they don't. Uber irrefutably makes a city easier to navigate, and in most cities far cheaper. They've only succeeded in