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dontlikeyoueith04/03/20251 replyview on HN

No, for the same reason I don't try to manufacture my own car in my backyard or build my own house, or grow all of my own food, or ...

This is basic fucking common sense: I'm good at some things and other people are good at other things. We each specialize in the things we're best at, and everyone ends up better off.


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_heimdall04/03/2025

You went to the extreme though. I didn't ask if one wants to do everything themselves. In the US, for example, there are still hundreds of millions of people to specialize in various roles.

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