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Bernardo de La Paz

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11. A radical environment is bad for business, but in some cases good for innovative businesses.

Reply to Cognitive_Resonance (Reply #10)

Fri Feb 21, 2025, 08:01 PM

Feb 2025

Muck's mistake is confusing the government for a business competitor. Government is actually the foundation of stability that allows innovative radicalism to work for some businesses.

Moving fast and breaking things can be disruptively productive when you have a great idea for a specific business.

It doesn't work if you break up the foundation of stability.

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