• conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    The IRL answer here is that it doesn’t matter if it actually makes money / creates value in the long run, it only matters if the investors think it will, or if the c-suite think the investors think it will, or if the current investors (looking to sell) think that future investors (looking to buy) think it will.

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      Probably because it’s a 2000s web comic. Wait until you see the web 1.0 website.

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    3 days ago

    This is how I felt binging all the Jurassic Park/World movies. Stop trying to make dino parks and soldiers happen, they’re not gonna happen.

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    But our numbers show a strong correlation between profit and negative externalities, so as long as we’re causing harm we should be making money. Maybe we should start focusing research on even more dangerous monsters.