@chriseppstein first, I'm half-trolling, second, maybe that's bad too.
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Replying to @steveklabnik
@steveklabnik you can think of venture capital and debt financing as distributed R&D. Are you opposed to R&D depts as well?@chriseppstein3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @wycats
@wycats@chriseppstein if I felt like continuing the joke I'd make some comment about socializing R&D... heh.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @steveklabnik
@steveklabnik@wycats note there *is* a moral argument against VC funding. They trade money now for an indefinite income stream…3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chriseppstein
@chriseppstein@steveklabnik@wycats Depends if the perpetual right to *all* profit derived from an investment seems right. Doesn't to me.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jmbroad
@jmbroad@steveklabnik@wycats right. The moral argument is based on having the people who actually did the work to make the returns1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chriseppstein
@chriseppstein there should be some incentive for investment, right?@jmbroad@steveklabnik2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats
@wycats@jmbroad@steveklabnik interest is a good investment incentive.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chriseppstein
@chriseppstein interest is not always good enough in cases involving high risk. Also can't lend labor as easily@jmbroad@steveklabnik2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @wycats
@wycats@jmbroad@steveklabnik making $1B on a $250k investment is unethical.#thesenumbersaremadeup3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@chriseppstein just an example, fwiw. I'm in it for the long haul. @jmbroad @steveklabnik
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