Jeff Bezos Pitching Amazon.com (1997) [video] • Hacker News Board

Re: Jeff Bezos Pitching Amazon.com (1997) [video]

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Post by 1_player » Thu, Feb 04, 2021, 5:37 AM UTC

mdonahoe wrote: post #20

undefined1 wrote: post #18

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same with Elon talking about video games, he gets excited talking about them after this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JoTw_JuE78 really, both are highly ambitious nerds who apply systems thinking to the real world.

The original Deus Ex is excellent, so he’s right

Here's my favourite essay on it, that doesn't only go into the game details but also the underlying narrative, political and economical philosophy that makes this game one of a kind: https://youtu.be/rxOKEsBx4NU

It all starts with a pandemic.

Re: Jeff Bezos Pitching Amazon.com (1997) [video]

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Post by mk89 » Fri, Feb 05, 2021, 8:38 PM UTC

0wis wrote: post #25

Amazing ! Most of the Amazon's marketplace strategy is laid out there. It is incredibly consistant with what Amazon is today. Ranging from focus on delivery time to wholesale accounts, including the importance of attention, it seems very complete to me. I know Bezos letters to shareholder were thoughtful, but in 1997's edition, the vision laid was less consistent with what we experience today. ( https://www.sec.gov/A…

I thought exactly the same as you.

And what surprised me was that he already talked about "it's hard to track" (while talking about ads). The mindset was literally already there, it's like he knew already what, why and build it, except he didn't have maybe the tools he had today. Crazy.

Re: Jeff Bezos Pitching Amazon.com (1997) [video]

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Post by mk89 » Fri, Feb 05, 2021, 8:43 PM UTC

southeastern wrote: post #26

rufusroflpunch wrote: post #19

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Same here. The UX isn’t perfect but they provide a killer service (Prime) for the price.

I don't think it's the ui that bothers people, it's the accusations of workers rights issues

I really really don't think that it's the accusation of workers rights to bother people. People don't give a DAMN about workers rights, even when they know that iphones are build in factories where people do suicides. What people don't see, people don't give a damn about.

What bothers people is fake products, reviews, "ops, I didn't get the package in 1 day, amazon is not anymore the same as in the old times", that have increased of course. That's the nature of things.