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I feel that Jolie O'Dell had a more eloquent rant on the same subject:

"However, more and more, I am royally pissed off that so many bright engineers, good entrepreneurs and capable venture capitalists are throwing resources into problems that no one really has. They’re creating “bread and circuses” in a digital format — apps that are wildly popular, infinitely entertaining, and exactly what people want.

The only problem is that they don’t really do anybody any good. They’re not doing what technology is intended to do: Solve problems."

http://blog.jolieodell.com/2010/10/07/bread-and-circuses-the...




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