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0 pointsGigachad5mo ago0 comments

Perhaps these companies just end up with so much money that they can't possibly find ways to spend all of it rationally for purely product driven work and just end up funding projects with no clear business case.

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trenchpilgrim5mo ago

Or they hire researchers specifically so a competitor or upstart can't hire them and put them to work on something that disrupts their cash cow.

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0 pointsGigachad5mo ago0 comments

Perhaps these companies just end up with so much money that they can't possibly find ways to spend all of it rationally for purely product driven work and just end up funding projects with no clear business case.

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trenchpilgrim5mo ago

Or they hire researchers specifically so a competitor or upstart can't hire them and put them to work on something that disrupts their cash cow.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse