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JimmaDaRustlatoday at 4:06 AM3 repliesview on HN

My crude metaphor to explain to my family is gasoline has just been invented and we're all being lent Bentley's to get us addicted to driving everywhere. Eventually we won't be given free Bentley's, and someone is going to be holding the bag when the infinite money machine finally has a hiccup. The tech giants are hoping their gasoline is the one that we all crave when we're left depending on driving everywhere and the costs go soaring.


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erutoday at 4:15 AM

Why? Computers and anything computer related have historically been dropping in prices like crazy year after year (with only very occasional hiccups). What makes you think this will stop now?

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echelontoday at 4:51 AM

I like this analogy.

I also think we're, as ICs, being given Bentleys meanwhile they're trying to invent Waymos to put us all out of work.

Humans are the cost center in their world model.

rizky05today at 4:24 AM

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