Dear Marc Andreessen
al3x.net
Dear Marc Andreessen
1–10 of 194 posts
Re: Dear Marc Andreessen
#2[deleted]
Re: Dear Marc Andreessen
#3Tragic that we all inevitably grow up to replace the old outdated system we grew up rebelling, nee disrupting, against.
Hunter S. Thompson said something profound and unique to his position. He remarked his biggest fear, and the man knows a thing or two about fear, was waking up to realization that the same people he went to high school with ended up running the show.
Here we are.
I'm at the same age now as when Marc grew out Netscape. His path shaped how I walked my path. Yet he's going to some place that I no longer understand. Maybe he sees it better, maybe he sees it differently, but jeez louise, what is going on?
The new boss isn't better than the old boss. And just you wait until my friends become bosses.
Re: Dear Marc Andreessen
#4The most meaningful disagreement is summed up in this sentence:
"Emerging technologies can also create demand for things that are inherently expensive – cutting-edge medical procedures and treatments, for example – driving up costs in entire economic sectors."
It boils down to: should we subsidize cutting-edge medicine for everyone, or treat it as a luxury because people who can't afford it are no worse off than they were before its invention (in absolute terms)?
The pragmatic answer is probably somewhere in the middle.
Re: Dear Marc Andreessen
#5Very nice to see pmarca's neoliberal idiocy taken apart so thoroughly. Peter Thiel could do with similar treatment imho.
Re: Dear Marc Andreessen
#6[deleted]
Re: Dear Marc Andreessen
#7"Taxi drivers protesting Uber aren’t saying that they want apps out of their cabs. They want leverage to negotiate wages and working conditions so they aren’t barely scraping by. The pushback is on exploitative business models, not technology."
I have been on the receiving end of exploitative business models. The answer is Exit, not Voice. Here's why: enough people exit -> wages go up and/or working conditions improve. Period. Yes, it's that simple. The problem is that we are creatures of habit, driving around is a relatively easy job, and the self-awareness necessary to change is scarce.
But wait, survival of the fittest and I don't give a shit. I really don't. These taxi/uber drivers will be replaced by driverless cars. We need a government program to retrain these people and employ them, just like we had for farmers and factory workers. Or not. Seeing people try to fend for themselves is more interesting than seeing them do make-work in a federal building - who knows, they might actually adapt, thrive, and makes something of themselves.
Re: Dear Marc Andreessen
#8The most meaningful disagreement is summed up in this sentence: "Emerging technologies can also create demand for things that are inherently expensive – cutting-edge medical procedures and treatments, for example – driving up costs in entire economic sectors." It boils down to: should we subsidize cutting-edge medicine for everyone, or treat it as a luxury because people who can't afford it are no worse off than they…
Re: Dear Marc Andreessen
#9> Well, we’re three decades into an era of systemic deregulation and financialization. The result?
Not really, finance and banking are still the most regulated sectors on earth. Hardly deregularized.
Re: Dear Marc Andreessen
#10The most meaningful disagreement is summed up in this sentence: "Emerging technologies can also create demand for things that are inherently expensive – cutting-edge medical procedures and treatments, for example – driving up costs in entire economic sectors." It boils down to: should we subsidize cutting-edge medicine for everyone, or treat it as a luxury because people who can't afford it are no worse off than they…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_the_excluded_middle