Challenge accepted! Some things that I think are underbelieved among my peers and are generally optimistic:https://twitter.com/naval/status/944301966989058048 …
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Do you write software? It’s so much better than when my career started it’s incredible. Hosting is available for pennies with no commitments. You can download a (free!) fully functional environment for most mainstream options and have something minimally functional in 5 minutes.
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Uber/Lyft/etc are competing against McDonalds with this sales pitch: “No boss ever yells at you. You pick your hours. Want to pick your kid up at school or feel sick? No worries, log off. You’ll have a job tomorrow.” That is a truly excellent thing.
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The amount of routine government processes which are being eaten by web applications are higher than you’d probably realize, to the enormous benefit of both constituents (not spending all day in an office) and government (efficiency gains).
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We continue to replace retail locations with improved demand capture and service/good delivery via technically enabled firms, which makes things cheaper and frees up limited physical space for better things than chain retailer presences Store #6807.
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Computers talking to computers are faster, cheaper, and more accurate at doing record keeping than humans talking to humans ever were, and this bubbles up in consumer experiences all the time. Air travel almost unrecognizable now that you already have the ticket in your pocket.
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Except Lyft needs a lot of fixing when it comes to work policies and how they make decisions !!!!
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I don't expect Uber has maternity leave, or pays your wage for 2 months if you break a leg (IDK what the standard for US, insurance? But here in Russia you get sick-days paid in full.) In general, being Uber driver isn't the same as being employee, with wins and loses.
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The equivalent being, of course, if McDonald’s required its employees to buy all the groceries and prepare meals in their own kitchens.
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