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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2019

      One of the biggest differences between now and the past is how rapidly ideas become money. Now ideas can become money as soon as you put them on a server and set up credit card processing. (And cryptocurrency may soon eliminate the second step.)

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2019

      Reliable source of startup ideas: reduce the gap between ideas and money. In this sense, AWS and Stripe are in the same business.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2019

      Warning: The decreasing gap between ideas and money is one of the main reasons for increasing economic inequality. People's ideas vary dramatically in value. So the more direct the connection between ideas and money, the more inequality you'll see.

      4:10 AM - 5 Mar 2019
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        1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2019

          I personally think this is, if not good, at least inevitable. Ideas and money want to find each other, and as a result the gap between them has closed inexorably over time.

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        1. Lucky Me‏ @Light_bound 5 Mar 2019
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          So it is not the exploitation of the working class, or 'underpaying the townsfolk' as AOC put it that creates the inequality?

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        1. Tarique Sha‏ @kissingsky 5 Mar 2019
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          so modern tech will widen this gap?

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        1. Andres Eloy Sanchez Vargas‏ @andreslaley 5 Mar 2019
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          Inequality is not a problem. We are all unequal in experiences, free time, connections. YC is a great example on how to reduce the gap between ideas and money no matter where you come from.

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        2. Daniel Rogers‏ @thecla923 5 Mar 2019
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          Ummmm. Come again?

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        2. Doug Orleans‏ @DougOrleans 5 Mar 2019
          Replying to @paulg

          I thought inequality comes from intergenerational transfer of wealth.

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 5 Mar 2019
          Replying to @DougOrleans

          200 years ago you would have been right. That was the big source of it historically. But in some countries (including the US) it now accounts for less than half of great fortunes.

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        1. declain.com‏ @declain_ 5 Mar 2019
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          It is easier to create tools to accelerate the execution of quality ideas than it is to create tools/methods to accelerate the generation of quality ideas.

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        1. Morgan Rodwell‏ @TechnicalBard 5 Mar 2019
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          But, but, but.. I thought only labor had value? If Ideas have value then Marx was wrong?!?!?

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