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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED (youtu.be)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The blue LED was supposed to be impossible—until a young engineer proposed a moonshot idea.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The systemic problem you recognize is a fundamental feature of capitalism.

[–] mindbleach 1 points 9 months ago

Again: this was a bad decision, even from the perspective of raw greed. Paying the guy enough to keep him at the company is also capitalism. So it's not useful or relevant to just say 'that's capitalism' when a business makes a fucking stupid decision that loses them money.

Nor is petit autocracy unique to capitalism.