The time TED banned a talk about the fact rich people don't create jobs

[Alpha Male]

Not correct. There us always been a demand for a better way to communicate and that is what IPhones are marketed as. Your statement disregards the underlying demand and instead focuses on the specific need. It also discounts the fact that if there was no demand for such technology iPhones wouldn’t exist.

i think i lost brain cells just reading this

there was no demand for smartphone technology in 2006 because no one knew wtf a smart phone was

apple invested their time, money and resources into innovating and inventing a new product.

 

[Alpha Male]

So a liberal described basic supply & demand as a feed back loop, and threw in fukk letting “rich people” keep more of their money.
Not really anything groundbreaking.

i wouldn't even apply this to liberalism... this interpretation of supply and demand can only be attributed to delusion

 

[the kid]

i think i lost brain cells just reading this

there was no demand for smartphone technology in 2006 because no one knew wtf a smart phone was

apple invested their time, money and resources into innovating and inventing a new product.

So u gonna ignore the demand for better was to communicate? Without that demand, Apple doesn’t sell a single IPhone. There’s a reason iPhones are sold in countries where people have excess disposable income rather than poorer, less industrialized locations. It’s because the demand is there.

 

[Alpha Male]

So u gonna ignore the demand for better was to communicate? Without that demand, Apple doesn’t sell a single IPhone. There’s a reason iPhones are sold in countries where people have excess disposable income rather than poorer, less industrialized locations. It’s because the demand is there.

if steve jobs dies in 2005 and never lives to invent the first smart phone or the first smart phone operating system... are you telling me that things would be the same exactly as they are today?

 

[the kid]

if steve jobs dies in 2005 and never lives to invent the first smart phone or the first smart phone operating system... are you telling me that things would be the same exactly as they are today?

Please do not create an argument that I never made. I do not discount Steve Jobs innovation. But if the iPhone is not created, someone would create something to make communication easier because the consumer demand dictates as much.

Riddle me this, why do companies no longer sell black and white TVs? Why don’t companies sell winter jackets when you are on vacation in the Caribbean? Why don’t companies sell wooden shoes anymore?

 

[ORDER_66]

He does have a solid point... most of these rich fukks who inherited their money don't create businesses...

 

[Scholar]

who then

who is responsible for creating the most jobs and employing the most people

What comes first supply or demand ?

 

[Jx2]

Interesting. Chris Anderson wrote a book called The Long Tail a while back if I'm not mistaken that I read when I was going through a tech/econ book phase. Never realized that he was the curator of TED and behind this getting shelved.


I have a free book if anyone's looking for something new

 

[Alpha Male]

Please do not create an argument that I never made. I do not discount Steve Jobs innovation. But if the iPhone is not created, someone would create something to make communication easier because the consumer demand dictates as much.

Riddle me this, why do companies no longer sell black and white TVs? Why don’t companies sell winter jackets when you are on vacation in the Caribbean? Why don’t companies sell wooden shoes anymore?

who? when? what?

the first batch of iphone competitors didn't hit the market unti until 2010 and that was only after apple gave them the blueprint. imagine if they hadn't, our phones might still be on larry holmes status

if you're going to attribute every great advance in human history to "consumer demand" then tell me why hasn't anyone created a living sex doll that looks like beyonce and shyts out hundred dollar bills? what... no demand for it?

 

[Take It In Blood]

You can't ban a Ted talk if he already talked on Ted tho

 

[Alpha Male]

What comes first supply or demand ?

it's not about what comes first, it's about which side is responsible for the growth of the economy

was there a demand for ford automobiles before they existed?

what good is demand if no one is able to provide it?

 

[DEAD7]

 

[Pressure]

who? when? what?

the first batch of iphone competitors didn't hit the market unti until 2010 and that was only after apple gave them the blueprint. imagine if they hadn't, our phones might still be on larry holmes status

if you're going to attribute every great advance in human history to "consumer demand" then tell me why hasn't anyone created a living sex doll that looks like beyonce and shyts out hundred dollar bills? what... no demand for it?

Smartphones were around before the iPhone...

 

[88m3]

I'm not really into podcasts but I've read some pretty interesting criticisms about TED and speakers over the years... idk if it's a cultural thing, libertarianism seeping in, or something else but something seems kinda off there and the criticisms come from a pretty wide cast of characters.

 

[Alpha Male]

Smartphones were around before the iPhone...