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

prepend wrote: post #8

sradman wrote: post #5

At 4m48s: > This is day one. This is the very beginning. This is the Kitty Hawk stage of electronic commerce. https://youtu.be/rWRbTnE1PEM?t=298

Now we are entering the AmericanAirlines stage- everyone uses it and everyone hates it and it’s stagnated for decades.

I guess maybe I'm alone then, but I don't hate using Amazon.

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

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Post by undefined1 » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 3:44 PM UTC

0-_-0 wrote: post #2

Here he just reminds you of an excited nerd talking about his favorite Dungeons & Dragons setting, and now he's the richest person on the planet.

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.

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

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Post by rufusroflpunch » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 3:48 PM UTC

gradys wrote: post #17

prepend wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now we are entering the AmericanAirlines stage- everyone uses it and everyone hates it and it’s stagnated for decades.

I guess maybe I'm alone then, but I don't hate using Amazon.

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

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

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Post by mdonahoe » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 3:59 PM UTC

undefined1 wrote: post #18

0-_-0 wrote: post #2

Here he just reminds you of an excited nerd talking about his favorite Dungeons & Dragons setting, and now he's the richest person on the planet.

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