Super weird. I didn't know about that.
Probably the state invested so heavily in the sector that they created a bit of a bubble. Then to have them slow down suddenly would pop it.
I think it's wasteful but not as bad as having not enough houses for everyone and a housing market that's sucking most of the populace dry.
With a bit of innovation, maybe the market will find a use for all the apartments.
Honestly, if people successfully using adblockers were a worthwhile market, we'd have seen laws against adblockers years ago.
Do you have a source for the housing thing?
In terms of the rail having air resistance that feels a bit of a Fox News point. It's not perfect so why bother with anything but loads of big cars?
The sheer amount of rail rolled out in the last 10 years dwarfs anything any other country is doing.
I think the influence of their billionaires is strongly curtailed.
There's no powerful car lobby blocking train production for example.
When it comes down to it, the state can slap down any corporation or private citizen trying to strongarm it.
This has its own set of problems, for sure though.
The housing situation is notably better though. They've got some good ideas (also the high speed rail).
All (or a lot of) the apartments in cities are leased from the government for 99 years.
And so the prices are incredibly reasonable for an average living space. No greedy layers of middlemen trying to suck passive income out of you.
I'm sure there's examples of where it's bad, but from what I've seen, their housing situation is pretty enviable.
If people aren't adopting it, it's not a boom.
It's an investment boom.
Bezos was talking about computer rental being the future of the market.
Presumably with him reaping the rewards.
He's like 70% ego (10% hairspray, 10% bronzer and 10% hamberder)
So psychologically, is it important to maintain his ego.
It's a health decision
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The apostrophe was there originally, but it came off during the bend test.
Oh damn I missed that. Just saw it in the news! What a gross man.
I don't know about fastest. Don't Japan hold that title?
I'm just talking about the scale of them, and the average speed that they can manage (very important when looking at the scale of distances to travel).