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		philipov on Aug 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pursuits That Can't Scale > the conquest of scale. Dragons are good at amassing wealth because they know how to exploit economies of scale.

KineticLensman on Aug 10, 2024 [–]

But dragons are not good at exploiting that wealth, except for self-advertisement. Smaug quite literally just sits on his wealth.

_a_a_a_ on Aug 10, 2024 | [–]

But what else should one do with wealth? Take Elon Musk... Oh, he makes flying, firebreathing, spacegoing dragons with his money.

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