By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/07/2026Why would you voluntarily split the take with some sucky, washed, non-god-generating business from before 2022? 17/ 1330
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/07/2026I think the only reason this question doesn't come up more frequently is that we're stewing in what Douglas Rushkoff calls the "go meta" economy, in which the most respectable and smartest business to operate must be as many abstraction layers away from real work as possible. 18/ 1456
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 13/07/2026Don't drive a taxi, own medallions you rent to cab drivers. Don't own medallions, start a "rideshare" company. Don't start a rideshare company, invest in a rideshare company. Don't invest in a rideshare company, buy options to invest in a rideshare company: pluralistic.net/2022/09/13/c... 19/pluralistic.netPluralistic: 13 Sep 2022 Survival of the Richest – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1362
