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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 7 Dec 2015

    Stiglitz sounds knowledgeable for pages, then suddenly "Berners-Lee could have become a billionaire but chose not to."

    10:57 AM - 7 Dec 2015
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      2. matt knox‏ @mattknox 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg how many people actually have chosen not to become billionaires? Craig Newmark, maybe Jimmy Wales?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @mattknox

        @mattknox It's so hard that it would have to be someone who was already on the path then turned from it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. matt knox‏ @mattknox 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg isn't craigslist an example of getting upwind of n $bn valuation without trying to be on that tack? (curious how you see them)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @mattknox

        @mattknox I would guess a small number of shareholders are milking it for revenues for as long as they can.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. matt knox‏ @mattknox 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg today, sure. But ten years ago, it could have made a ton more money than it was/did, and (iiuc) Craig et al decided not to.

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      2. Tolis Dimopoulos‏ @TolisDimopoulos 8 Dec 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Stiglitz is right. Berners-Lee should be a billionaire considering how many billionaires he has helped create.

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 8 Dec 2015
        Replying to @TolisDimopoulos

        @TolisDimopoulos Should is very very different from could.

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      4. Tolis Dimopoulos‏ @TolisDimopoulos 8 Dec 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg respectfully, I disagree. B-L could be a billionaire. What does he lack that @finkd or @jack have?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 8 Dec 2015
        Replying to @TolisDimopoulos

        @TolisDimopoulos That's like asking what he lacks that Messi has. Building a company is completely separate from designing a protocol.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      6. Tolis Dimopoulos‏ @TolisDimopoulos 8 Dec 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg when Zuckerberg and Dorsey were building their companies they had no idea what they were doing. Just brains. Hindsight is 20/20.

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      2. vijaygkg‏ @vijaygkg 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg you don't think berners-lee could have patented www & nickled &dimed his way to billionairedom?

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      3. brlewis‏ @brlewis 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @vijaygkg

        @vijaygkg @paulg I saw the WWW in action in 1991. It would never have taken off had it been patent-encumbered.

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      4. vijaygkg‏ @vijaygkg 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @brlewis

        @brlewis @paulg i don't disagree but i think there was scope for making it patented but freely licensed at a nominal fixed cost #justsaying

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      5. brlewis‏ @brlewis 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @vijaygkg

        @vijaygkg @paulg Even nominal royalties hinder adoption. This is written into W3C policy: http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Licensing …

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      1. norm‏ @normfollows 7 Dec 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg The financial question draws interest, but what if the currency = billions of happiness quanta? Who among us shun it daily? Why?

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      1. The end of the world as we know it.‏ @guelo 7 Dec 2015
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        @paulg hypothetical historical speculation can be debated, not sure what makes non-knowledgeable.

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      1. Pablo Yabo‏ @pipaman 7 Dec 2015
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        @paulg Stiglitz came to Argentina several times supporting our corrupt government just because it has a left wing speech

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