gedaliyahHumane AI Pin is a disaster: Founders already want to sell the company
Gradually_AdjustingRemember when nerds used to be smarter than us? That was awesome.
kat_angstromNerds still are smarter than us.
Unfortunately a cult of managers has arisen to rule over the nerds and they hype with an iron fist.
Semi-Hemi-DemigodManagers realized that the nerds' autism could be exploited for profit
It’s important to realize that the nerd you saw on the news has always been someone wearing nerd as a costume and the entire history of technology is loaded with examples of the real nerd being marginalized. It’s just that in ages past the VC’s would give a smaller amount of money and require the startup to go through concrete milestones to unlock all of it so there was more of a chance for the founder’s dreams to smack up against reality before they were $230m in the hole with no product worth selling.
Sundray20 years ago, the big question VCs were asking their startups was, “How do we convince Microsoft to buy this company?” Simpler times, back then.
10 years ago it was “how do we convince Google to buy this company?”