@wilfredh I remember reading somewhere (Basecamp's Signal v. Noise blog, maybe?) that they used to be profitable in their pre-VC days, back when they were bootstrapped. They raised money, took the high-growth path, and became unprofitable.

@clacke @craigmaloney I just found the redesigned c2 wiki at http://c2.fed.wiki.org/. This way of navigation makes things a lot better for me.

@craigmaloney @clacke I think one possible answer is worker owned co-operatives.

https://wingolog.org/archives/2013/06/05/no-master

How Do We Trust Our Science Code?

https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/how-do-we-trust-science-code/

"In 2013 they (Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff) shared their code with another team, who quickly found a bug. Once corrected, the results disappeared.

"Greece took on austerity because of a software bug. That’s pretty fucked up."

I stayed up late last night, watching a bunch of videos on Ron Paul's YouTube channel.

Interview with Edward Snowden:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLLo0025Jc

Snowden interviews Ron Paul:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAVye51EUkM

Four Major Famines - Unintended Consequences Of US Foreign Policy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnaozucmyko

I have grown cynical about nearly all politicians, but I now have a newfound appreciation for Ron Paul.

Would you like to poke my bubble?