| Basically, yes. I think better examples though would be: - A rapid increase in states requiring HS students to complete some of their classes online in order to save money. - Folks being unable to get treatment for all sorts of health conditions and mental illnesses. - The prison system not providing adequate job training or rehabilitation. - The costs of college education increasing while the quality of that education decreases. Are Internet startups the best way to solve all of these problems? Probably not. But in each of these cases startups are going to rake in the bulk of the money, if only because they're going to be the only game in town. Thanks to complete gridlock at the federal level and general incompetence at the state level, sandhill road has effectively become the new congress. And like it or not, this probably isn't going to change anytime soon. And as for your example with the roads, to quote @noUpside on Twitter the other day, "SF specializes in creating companies that are essentially 'New York as a Service' bc its infrastructure sucks." (https://twitter.com/noUpside/status/659094021151789056) |