• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not the first time this has happened. Even recently. See NFTs. Venture capitalists hear “tech buzzword” and throw money at it because if they’re lucky, it’s the next Google. Or at least it gets an IPO and they can cash out.

    • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yeah but the scale is bigger and we could be doing something worthwhile with all these finite resources it makes me a bit dizzy