Not hearing a whole lotta "break up Amazon!" these days
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I'm tempted to say that competency is back in fashion, time to short armchair Berkeley grad student takes
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I'm sure this seems petty to the social abstraction commentariat, but that's because they still won't grok that a system for getting crucial goods delivered to your door was *never* trivial or frivolous, this was always the essential infrastructure
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Replying to @webdevMason
I hear what you’re saying but becoming solely reliant on Amazon for deliveries is the same as becoming solely reliant on China for manufacturing Its not robust, as it creates a single point of failure.
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Replying to @CruzCalvo
Britannica will hopefully contact you shortly for their work on "F — false equivalency"
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Replying to @webdevMason
Right after
@nntaleb contacts you for his work on “F — fragility”
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Replying to @CruzCalvo @nntaleb
Pretty sure that Taleb would back me up on high-competency market performers not being a symptom of fragility, but have fun re-reading the full works under lockdown
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Replying to @webdevMason @nntaleb
Are you saying that Amazon can't be taken down because they have been highly successful in the past? I really don't think he would support that claim... I think it's pretty clear we stand on different sides of the aisle here, I won't be able to convince you any more than you me
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No, I'm saying that all comers should definitely try, and win if they're able. Is this tough to understand? I have a hard time knowing when I'm being clear on this stuff, apparently
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Replying to @webdevMason @nntaleb
I'm with you here, where I depart is at the idea that capitalism is better off left untouched by the gov Which I don't think you're saying either, but I'm unaware of a company breakup that went south
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