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Excel held a 90% market share on Mac in 1989, while being a distant #2 to Lotus 1-2-3 on Windows 1.0 during the same time period. In other words, Apple launched Microsoft's app business. Luckily, the focus on making Excel GUI/mouse native on the Mac meant Microsoft didn't add the

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Meta isn't really monetizing human interaction these days, they are monetizing human entertainment. They can leverage AI to make their platform more entertaining and I'd posit that 90% of people just want to be entertained. They don't really care about talking to a smart friend.

Meta isn't really monetizing human interaction these days, they are monetizing human entertainment. They can leverage AI to make their platform more entertaining and I'd posit that 90% of people just want to be entertained. They don't really care about talking to a smart friend.
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What are the kids going to do when AI is doing all economically useful work? Drink, while entertaining themselves most likely. Attention economy much more fun when you're drunk. Experience economy in early innings. Is this mostly because traditional alcohol brands getting

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Wrong. Ilya:Nikola Tesla::Elon:Edison Zuck will not be relevant to the history of AI. Elon probably won’t be either, but will be remembered for SpaceX

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Wait, so IBM lost the PC hardware (and software) market because they didn't consider backward compatibility? Any incumbents making similarly retarded strategic decisions these days?

Wait, so IBM lost the PC hardware (and software) market because they didn't consider backward compatibility? Any incumbents making similarly retarded strategic decisions these days?