On: Jony Ive on Apple’s New HQ and the Disappearing iPhone

[rtkwe]

I'd be more worried if Apple didn't have 256 billion dollars in cash reserves, which is frankly a kind of insane amount. Can't find how much cash Sears had on hand in 1973 but the equivalent to Apple's cash on hand vs building would be 7.6 billion.

[graeme → rtkwe]

I think the idea is more that a company builds something glorious at the time it enters into decline. Parkinson noted this tendency.

See the law of buildings in this excerpt: https://johannesdeberlaymont.com/2016/06/10/c-northcote-park...

Sears helped confirm the rule. I hope it doesn’t apply in Apple’s case; I like them.