Eh, that can be ok. Bill gates made his money with “embrace, extend, extinguish” and still managed to do a 180 and work towards the public good. If this “fellow” wants to take his millions and work towards a common good now as penance, so be it.
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It’s not the entrepreneur thing that makes him suspicious, it’s the Thiel part.
Not that a Thiel fellow has to be like Thiel either, I mean, not all Hitler youth were Hitler supporters.
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Right, that’s mostly my point.
At the Wikinedia foundation I worked with a lot of ex-Facebook/ex-Amazon folk who took up a job at the nonprofit to do some good in the world instead. I hope that’s the situation here, too.
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…and pay our taxes and not make demands on the cities where we locate our facilities…
But I wish them luck and success.
I didn’t click through, but I assume their slogan is along the lines of “Finally, a pillow that lets you sleep well at night!”
It seems like an odd shift… but good luck, I guess.
“Dang, maybe 100% wool pillowcases weren’t the way to go after all.”
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Good stretch goal! Rather imagine copying that industrial carpet company’s circular use thing is out.
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I want someone to pledge that they will forever and always offer at least one or two options that don’t have memory foam on them.
Yep.
In marketing terms this **hole is in a pretty good niche… everyone needs a pillow and everyone’s comfort is directly related to something they use 33% of the day… unless you’re on meth
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