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caaqil • today at 4:39 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

Aviation is different because their rent-seeking is enforced by the required legal hedging. I'm not sure the same incentive structure exists in the software side of things.

In other words, we might need to find some hobbies.


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goncharow • today at 4:47 PM

In what way is requiring someone holding the title pilot to know how to manually fly a plane in case of disaster “rent-seeking”?

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andix • today at 4:46 PM

It is a good industry to learn from. I'm not suggesting SW should become exactly like aviation.

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marcosdumay • today at 5:20 PM

Pilots are nothing near powerful enough to seek any rent on that situation.

Instead, they are the weakest part on that market.