A Magical Time to Start a Movement
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A Magical Time to Start a Movement
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Re: A Magical Time to Start a Movement
#2"The government ... disrupted by a group of people building something on their laptops in Silicon Valley."
Right below this quote from your blog, in the "From around the web" section: "Obamacare could soon cause massive layoffs."
I think it's a magical time to get people wasting time on their phones, maybe solve some minor efficiency problems around the edges of Obamacare but SV is the worst possible choice to solve the big problems we're facing.
Re: A Magical Time to Start a Movement
#3"The government ... disrupted by a group of people building something on their laptops in Silicon Valley." Right below this quote from your blog, in the "From around the web" section: "Obamacare could soon cause massive layoffs." I think it's a magical time to get people wasting time on their phones, maybe solve some minor efficiency problems around the edges of Obamacare but SV is the worst possible choice to solve…
Fair opinion. I believe there are many startups and companies that solve big and important problems, particularly in the Healthcare space. It's not only "around the edges", and lots of healthcare accelerators encourage such startups.
Layoffs are not necessarily a bad thing. Building a world with technology in mind means that the role of humans will shift away from traditional positions to something different. In the long run, this may create more jobs that it makes go away.
Though I can't disagree with you on the mobile phone thing ;)
Re: A Magical Time to Start a Movement
#4"The government ... disrupted by a group of people building something on their laptops in Silicon Valley." Right below this quote from your blog, in the "From around the web" section: "Obamacare could soon cause massive layoffs." I think it's a magical time to get people wasting time on their phones, maybe solve some minor efficiency problems around the edges of Obamacare but SV is the worst possible choice to solve…
Fair opinion. I believe there are many startups and companies that solve big and important problems, particularly in the Healthcare space. It's not only "around the edges", and lots of healthcare accelerators encourage such startups. Layoffs are not necessarily a bad thing. Building a world with technology in mind means that the role of humans will shift away from traditional positions to something different. In the…
> Building a world with technology in mind means that the role of humans will shift away from traditional positions to something different. In the long run, this may create more jobs that it makes go away.
Unfortunately, as John Maynard Keynes famously observed, "in the long run we are all dead." (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes)
Re: A Magical Time to Start a Movement
#5...keep telling yourself that.
Re: A Magical Time to Start a Movement
#6It's a magical time to have been born in a western country, but then that's been true for a while now.
By "every individual wields great power" you probably mean those with access to technology, relative peace, and education. War hasn't gone away we just don't fight them at home anymore.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fair opinion. I believe there are many startups and companies that solve big and important problems, particularly in the Healthcare space. It's not only "around the edges", and lots of healthcare accelerators encourage such startups. Layoffs are not necessarily a bad thing. Building a world with technology in mind means that the role of humans will shift away from traditional positions to something different. In the…
> Building a world with technology in mind means that the role of humans will shift away from traditional positions to something different. In the long run, this may create more jobs that it makes go away. Unfortunately, as John Maynard Keynes famously observed, "in the long run we are all dead." ( http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes )
That just explains the appeal of Keynesian economics to corporations and the government. The problem is that we kinda need to worry about the long term affects of things, because not doing so is what got us in our current mess with the environment.
Dealing with the short term is really appealing, but it typically has the worst long term affects.
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#8The tech side is great. The wages side... not so great.
Also, it's not a "sharing economy" when people are selling things.
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#9...keep telling yourself that.
Flagged because condescension is not an argument nor is it constructive.
Re: A Magical Time to Start a Movement
#10This is magical thinking. The reality is that established players will use their positions to buy out, advertise out and just generally squeeze out any threats to their business.