I think we're going to learn the hard way that widespread rent-seeking is only annoying during sustained growth — devastating in a crisis. Nobody can technically stop you from folding up a handkerchief and wearing it, but get much more crafty than that & you better get a lawyerhttps://twitter.com/balajis/status/1246430440228937729 …
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Ofc now it's a big problem that there are so many institutional barriers to selling physical goods or services that people want, especially if you need to pivot fast. But beyond that, people just don't feel like general-purpose primates. Maker culture never really won the day.
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(That might seem frivolous now, but when you're in a city under lockdown and your entire industry folds, thinking of *yourself* as a job title that no longer exists is a lot less psychologically tolerable than thinking of yourself as a monkey in pants who needs new tools)
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