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> Banks are more regulatory and defend my turf play than a technology play. There's layers and layers of clutter.

Why do you think this is? Do you think its just because "hur hur they're evil"?

I'm not saying there isn't some of that. But I am saying:

1. The big banks have discovered something that the small, modern banks haven't. YET. They will. Its that banking sucks, and we need the regulatory hurdles.

2. If you think these small banks don't have the potential to be just as evil as the big ones currently are, you're delusional. Money corrupts everything. Google and Facebook used to be the darling of the tech community, and look at them now. If they can turn so suddenly, anyone can.

Maybe we need a better system. Maybe we dislike the system we have, but we can't have a better one. Maybe we need better people. But, you can't change human nature.

Healthcare is a similar industry. Its ridiculously huge. Everyone needs it. There's trillions of dollars in it. Plenty of money. Then Theranos comes along and thinks that the old way of doing things is overrated. And then they die. Because, fun fact, agility and leanness works in some industries, but its mostly industries that don't actually matter.



> Maybe we need a better system. Maybe we dislike the system we have, but we can't have a better one. Maybe we need better people. But, you can't change human nature.

Do you have some sort of evidence for that? "We can't have a better (system)" is a pretty bold statement to make without some kind of supporting evidence. Absolute truths require absolute evidence.


I can't see how you'd think those are absolute truths when they're all prefixed with the word "Maybe".




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