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usonian

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4. Tech has abandoned the bootstrap model for ultra-financed boondoggles.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2025, 01:26 PM

May 29

If it don't work, instead of pivoting, throw billions at it.

Zuck
Musk
Pichai

Jeff did bootstrap in the beginning, but the thing in common is disdain for "real people"

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