It has to be the case that if everyone agrees to spend on something together you get much more bang for the buck than if everyone is out for themselves. That’s the whole reason why tribes outcompete individuals, cities outcompeted tribes and nation states outcompeted cities.
At the extreme, if a small band forms an army, it doesn’t matter how well armed and fortified a single family is; the army is taking them down.
agree completely, although that's kind of the point. the problem is that the tech elite are going for most bang for the buck (ie. looking out for no 1) instead of trying to solve the mess that they, in part, created
At the extreme, if a small band forms an army, it doesn’t matter how well armed and fortified a single family is; the army is taking them down.