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You just mentioned 4 of the most valuable companies on the planet, who mostly got that way because of an awesome ability to rationality engineer their way out of a corner, and now you want to expect that rather than being best in class that they are merely average????

Because that's what you are doing with your statement above.

The reason they are the Google, FB, etc of the world is _because_ of that unique capability. Do you honestly think there is, say, a hospital, anywhere on this planet that can hold a candle to what they do everyday?

The poster above was simply stating what the normal world looks and acts like.




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