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She is building a social network for hobbyist gardeners. Apparently this is what humanity needs more than geek toys like self-driving cars and augmented reality
by griftah 14y ago
She is building a social network for hobbyist gardeners. Apparently this is what humanity needs more than geek toys like self-driving cars and augmented reality sunglasses.
- danilocampos 14y agoWhat do you suppose you've contributed to the conversation with this remark?
- kevinh 14y agoThat's a bizarre critique. It's just more likely she would be working on youtube ad code than self-driving cars or augmented reality sunglasses, which most people would consider less constructive than a social network. Additionally, I think many people would consider Facebook more valuable than augmented reality sunglasses. If we're going to only build things that humanity "needs", we're going to needlessly limit our scope and put many people out of jobs. After all, our needs are considerably less than our wants.
- mamoswined 14y ago"hobbyist" is relative. I started as a hobbyist and eventually expanded it into a business. Also in an era when people are underemployed, I feel that these sort of activities will become a valuable way to obtain a degree of self-sufficiency.
- quomopete 14y agouh, yes. that's exactly right.
- griftah 14y agoWhy?