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elktownlast Thursday at 3:53 PM1 replyview on HN

If I have a horse and plow and you show up with a tractor, I will no doubt get a tractor asap. But if you show up with novel amphetamines for you and your horse and scream "Look how productive I am! We'll figure out the long-term downsides, don't you worry! Just more amphetamines probably!", I'm happy to be a late adopter.


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naaskinglast Thursday at 4:03 PM

A tractor based on a Model T wouldn't have been very compelling either at the time. Not many horse-drawn plows these days though.

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