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And it will continue to be until we institute severe rationing, or cure aging. I vote for the second.
"curing aging" would actually INCREASE the cost of healthcare to nearly infinite.
It depends on how big of a problem you want to tackle. The biggest problem I have every day is that I get tired and have to go to sleep. This time spent sleeping could be better used by doing more productive things. Finding a solution to the "sleep problem" would be a huge win in many ways.
I need the reverse of an alarm clock: A clock that somehow makes me sleep.
Because otherwise not only will my brain function worse, but the additional stress may actually shorten my life, which pretty much screws up the goal of getting more hours out of life!
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And it will continue to be until we institute severe rationing, or cure aging. I vote for the second.
"curing aging" would actually INCREASE the cost of healthcare to nearly infinite.
No aging -> people still get sick occasionally -> it costs money to fix them -> it had better cost less than they earn between sicknesses, else they die
Or, at the moment healthcare is O(1), based on a lifespan of N, but if the lifespan is extended radically, it will become O(N). So, if eliminating ageing causes N to tend to infinity, then I suppose healthcare costs will also tend to infinity. But then so will the accommodation costs, food costs, toothbrush costs, internet access... Healthcare looks like capex at the moment; if we lived much longer it'll look more like a variable cost.
Enterprise software sucks. We don't talk about it much here at hn, but think about it. Every man-made object you encounter every day was manufactured somewhere. And moved, more than once. Now add in all the sales, marketing, customer service, operations, accounting, finance, human resources, etc., etc., etc. needed to support that manufacturing and distribution. Next, add financial markets, healthcare, energy, entert…
Another trend I noted after sitting in on a VC pitch: Look where people use Excel as some sort of database/process management system because an existing app isn't there or just sucks. That probably spells out opportunity. The world's most used database isn't Oracle or MySQL, it's Microsoft Excel...
I've even seen instances where excel exports are used as disaster recovery mechanisms.
Enterprise software sucks. We don't talk about it much here at hn, but think about it. Every man-made object you encounter every day was manufactured somewhere. And moved, more than once. Now add in all the sales, marketing, customer service, operations, accounting, finance, human resources, etc., etc., etc. needed to support that manufacturing and distribution. Next, add financial markets, healthcare, energy, entert…
That's because Enterprise Software is actually an arbiter of controlling people through controlling workflow. It's solidified corporate politics!
Entrenched interests within a company don't want to optimize the company's bottom line. They want to optimize to further their own interests.
I once posted about a transatlantic E3 line that was going unused in my former company. The original project that was to use it disappeared. Afterwards, the VPs of different groups fought over it, ensuring no one would get it. The company paid $300k a year to keep that thing open for a long time.
The way to fix this is through highly granular free market economics. Let a company set standards and empower multiple groups to compete to those standards.
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And it will continue to be until we institute severe rationing, or cure aging. I vote for the second.
"curing aging" would actually INCREASE the cost of healthcare to nearly infinite.
I live in Pittsburgh. We have a huge lack of talent at the moment. There are tons of startups with funding that are looking to hire people, but a huge lack of skilled people around. We've got companies paying $1,000 bonuses to anyone who can get a hire. It's crazy. I'm not sure how to properly attract and keep talent in the city.
2. Pittsburgh loses hackers because they prefer to live elsewhere. To fix this make the culture, neighborhoods, or climate more attractive to hackers. (Easy to say, but hard to attempt and perhaps impossible to achieve.)
Note: This same question came up a few months ago. Said the same thing then. I really want to gain some traction here :)
I live in Pittsburgh. We have a huge lack of talent at the moment. There are tons of startups with funding that are looking to hire people, but a huge lack of skilled people around. We've got companies paying $1,000 bonuses to anyone who can get a hire. It's crazy. I'm not sure how to properly attract and keep talent in the city.
1. In Boston, ITA Software pays a referral bonus of $4000. 2. Pittsburgh loses hackers because they prefer to live elsewhere. To fix this make the culture, neighborhoods, or climate more attractive to hackers. (Easy to say, but hard to attempt and perhaps impossible to achieve.)
> (Easy to say, but hard to attempt and perhaps impossible to achieve.)
Absolutely. That's the hard part. ;)