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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2017

      It's dishonest to claim that working at e.g. Google is merely targeting ads, not improving the world.

      25 replies 83 retweets 360 likes
    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2017
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      Google search improves the world immensely. Ads are how they pay for it. Ads are Google's day job, not its whole focus.

      13 replies 73 retweets 261 likes
    3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2017
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      The fact that making money is not Google's whole focus is part of the reason it makes so much money.

      16 replies 167 retweets 440 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2017

      That is the secret weapon of nearly all big Silicon Valley companies. And it is one I can't imagine Wall Street ever duplicating.

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        1.  🤖 🦉CyberOwl  🦉 🤖‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 28 May 2017
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          Might be why Silicon Valley is replacing Wall Street even in finance.

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        2. David Aron Levine‏ @davealevine 28 May 2017
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          Actually, this is simply a leading indicator. Every firm, even finance firms, must be Mission Driven in the long run or they don't exist.

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        3. David Aron Levine‏ @davealevine 28 May 2017
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          You see, your company is a "Wall Street" company, you manage money for people. But @ycombinator is still young.

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        1. RHV‏ @rharshavardhan 28 May 2017
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          Same is true of Amazon...

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        1. Diego Carrillo‏ @diegocarr96 28 May 2017
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          Caring is selling.

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        1. Raymond Durk‏ @RaymondDurk 28 May 2017
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          I'd love to see what Wall Street could do if it had Google's impact globally and overdraft fees were the necessary evil to pay for it. 🤔

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        2. Joseph‏ @JosephOnions 28 May 2017
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          Aren't things like availability of credit and public companies to invest in services in the way that search is?

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        1. Todd Morey‏ @toddmorey 28 May 2017
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          It's a good point but once again clouded by the fiction that corporate mission and purpose only happens in SV or the US.

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        1. Georgina‏ @hushtag_georg3 28 May 2017
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          there is no secret on the benefits of monopolies ;)

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