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Shivon Zilis
@shivon
I’m astounded by how often the concept of “building moats” comes up. If you think the technology you’re building is good for the world, why not laser focus on expanding your tech tree as quickly as possible vs. slowing down and dividing resources to impede the progress of others?
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@abecedarius
The problem I think is that the more legal/regulatory/similar bases for moats exist, the harder it becomes to attract capital without one. It gets like "competition is for losers". E.g. copyright wasn't meant to create moats, but Nintendo used it to outlaw third-party games.
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