No one is irreplaceable: Nvidia won't die, but complacent companies end up like Uber
nptacek · x · 2026-11-12
thdxr (RT'd by nptacek) responds to the "no one is irreplaceable" take: Nvidia isn't going to die now, but people who've never built anything can't understand the potential they're missing out on — they're fine with a medium outcome. He points to Uber as a cautionary example: a company that is "not dead but not alive either," warning what complacency produces.
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