alt Hacker NewsWhen I went through YC in 2007 a founder whose name you know drunkenly told me at a party that Google Docs and Macbooks would have Microsoft out of business by 2012. Someone here told me in 2018 I was nuts to buy a gas-powered car because in less time than you would drive a car for, everyone will have switched to electric and there will be no gas stations left.
The impending deaths of most things are greatly exaggerated.
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dpflan • yesterday at 9:22 PM
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Ifkaluva • yesterday at 9:16 PM
Next: “SWE is largely solved, expect mass unemployment in the next few years”?
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mykowebhn • yesterday at 9:18 PM
I wonder how much of that is driven by organic market forces or through anti-competitive practices.
For example, Chinese electric vehicles are selling like hotcakes in Europe but you'd be hard-pressed to find any in the US.
moomoo11 • yesterday at 10:10 PM
what was ur startup
People overestimate the rate of change in the short run and underestimate the impact of change in the long run.