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[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The IRL answer here is that it doesn't matter if it actually makes money / creates value in the long run, it only matters if the investors think it will, or if the c-suite think the investors think it will, or if the current investors (looking to sell) think that future investors (looking to buy) think it will.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

Exactly, just look at every bubble in the economy. Like AI currently.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

I think you may have accidentally given some backstory to plants vs zombies

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

This is how I felt binging all the Jurassic Park/World movies. Stop trying to make dino parks and soldiers happen, they're not gonna happen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Probably because it's a 2000s web comic. Wait until you see the web 1.0 website.

[–] chicken 7 points 4 days ago

But our numbers show a strong correlation between profit and negative externalities, so as long as we're causing harm we should be making money. Maybe we should start focusing research on even more dangerous monsters.