| "Um, actually they were the first and I don't see any others so I assume they're the last." I'm speaking of successful entrepreneurs in general and not just of successful internet ones (even then there were a lot of successful internet entrepreneurs that came after them) "if you studied the history of currency management" that's currency, I'm speaking of the world and trends at large including technology "Yes. But here it's worse. In 3rd world countries, poor people have to endure a few well educated rich snobs... many poor people have to endure watching disproportionately rich 18 year old ditzes driving by in the new Mercedes convertible" doesn't sound like you have been to the 3rd world. over there people care about more important stuff like food and water and maybe even basic education; you call suffering watching some guy drive a car you can't afford? we live like kings over here "Just because I wish I could duplicate some of the better aspects of S.V..." so you really do believe in what you wrote? I thought you were just messing with me. ironic |
The tech boom was setup over half a century ago with massive investment by the military serving as the basis of the beginning of most of what we use in consumer land today. Same with the auto industry - it was systematically planned on purpose, like the high construction, by the oil cos. QUESTION: what "big infrastructure" investment is paving the way for the entrepreneurs of the future? Please don't say "alternative bio energy" ...
Entrepreneurs are important players, no doubt. But the game needs to be setup properly first. Our game is falling apart and needs to be reset just like you used to restart your Win95 based PC mid-day when it clogged up.
>doesn't sound like you have been to the 3rd world. over there people care about more important stuff like food and water and maybe even basic education; you call suffering watching some guy drive a car you can't afford? we live like kings over here
No, that wasnt' my point. My point is that it's different being "there" where most people are suffering and in the same boat than it is here where people suffer right alongside ostentatious wealth aquired via sometimes legit, sometimes not so means.
> so you really do believe in what you wrote? I thought you were just messing with me. ironic
Let me say this as clearly as I know how. I ADMIRE some things about S.V. ... I WISH I could duplicate them. Many people do. But so far it has not proven possible. Having said that, as an "outsider" I recognize it's uniqueness. You, as an insider, seem, to me, to be saying, basically, "Why don't you folks just, you know, come together and innovate like we do and the market will reward you for it."
What I'm saying is the over there it's like a well-oiled machine that seems to have biased your impression of the challenges everyone outside of there experiences.
I wish I could experience "that" over "here", but recognize "that" is not reality most places. You experience "that" there and see the word through S.V.-colored glasses ...
Come on, I know I'm not always super clear but I can't be killing this point that bad.
Look at it this way - imagine an NBA player telling you, "What's the problem - just jump up and dunk it like I just did - what's so hard about that?"
Imagine you're 5'6". Just once you'd like to put that guy in your frame and say, "Okay - go ahead - jump up and slam dunk it now like you just advised me!"