Yet if we go even deeper (call it galaxy brain if you must) there are companies that aren’t started or invested in for fear of regulation
-
Show this thread
-
Some of those are obvious, e.g. a company doing something that needs FDA approval requires $100m in investment when the actual tech might require $10m, but we even see it at Lambda School, in a relatively less-regulated space
2 replies 0 retweets 10 likesShow this thread -
In fact I suspect the net effect of regulation is actually greater when the regulations aren’t well-defined, because it stops people from trying. It’s awfully difficult to build around something that doesn’t have clear precedent, which is almost everything interesting
2 replies 2 retweets 29 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @AustenAllred
Exactly, which is why regulators should stop interfering with, for example, producers of chemical waste who create jobs and increase the GDP when unfettered by expensive regulations, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/well/live/black-cancer-matters.html …pic.twitter.com/781Q4lk1Cs
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JimYoull
Oh stop it with the ridiculous strawman. Nowhere ever did I or anyone sane say that all regulations are bad
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @AustenAllred
Dude you are stepping up to defend two of the absolute worst destroyers of the public commons - AirBNB and Uber. Absolutely remarkable that that’s all you’ve got.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JimYoull @AustenAllred
Clearly in rejecting a “strawman” (it’s not) you admit you’re willing to draw a line. But your line is far beyond acceptable. Your criteria (“it’s inconvenient”) suck. Join the rest of us in Humanity. Tech ain’t everything and you’re not gonna save the world with Code alone.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JimYoull
Of COURSE I’m willing to draw a line, why would you assume I’m not? Perhaps the world isn’t so binary as you seem to believe it is
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AustenAllred
But so far all we know is that Austen draws the line where it’s convenient for Austen, not where the world needs it to be drawn in order for the world and real people’s lives to not be wreck by the tech that Austen deems worthy of breaking the rules.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @JimYoull
That’s not what I’m suggesting in the slightest, if you would actually read what I wrote and stop strawmanning. I never said I or Silicon Valley or tech should be able to draw where the line is, I only said where the line is drawn matters much more than people think and that 1/2
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
It’s actually better when the line is clearly drawn than when there’s no line at all
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.