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0 pointsjimnotgym2y ago0 comments

Are they a waste of money? Did they stimulate the startup economy, upskill workers, etc? Were there no spin offs? Nobody learnt anything?

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At least Ultrahaptics was. It may have stimulated the startup economy, but you can do that by funding startups that have realistic ideas.

And yes, often you can easily tell if an idea is a non-starter. It isn't the case that "you never know".

p_l2y ago

Or simply provided employment to people who then paid for other things in the economy.

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0 pointsjimnotgym2y ago0 comments

Are they a waste of money? Did they stimulate the startup economy, upskill workers, etc? Were there no spin offs? Nobody learnt anything?

At least Ultrahaptics was. It may have stimulated the startup economy, but you can do that by funding startups that have realistic ideas.

And yes, often you can easily tell if an idea is a non-starter. It isn't the case that "you never know".

p_l2y ago

Or simply provided employment to people who then paid for other things in the economy.

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