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mikem170today at 5:33 AM1 replyview on HN

Investors are optimistic, but what will this new tech be used for? Advertising? Propaganda? Surveillance? Drone strikes?

Does profitable always equal useful? Might other cultures justifiably think differently, like the Amish?


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vessenestoday at 5:39 AM

The Amish are skilled at getting cash from the “English” as they call non-Amish. I imagine they also think that the money they receive is roughly tied to value they create. I wasn’t talking valuations, just revenue - money that CFOs and individuals spent so far, and are planning on spending.

I also didn’t talk profitable. Upshot, though, I don’t think it’s just a US thing to say that when money exchanges hands, generally both parties feel they are better off, and therefore there is value implied in a transaction.

As to what it will be used for: yes.

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