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CarPlay is a fantastic system because it keeps you off your phone.
But some of these new infotainment systems, and the complete lack of physical controls, are starting to feel extremely unsafe.
Turnstiles per minute.
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This fact regularly seems to be forgotten by a lot of media reporting. People see "Musk is a trillionaire" and assume he has anywhere near that amount of liquid cash, completely ignoring that the company itself actually just lost $4.28bn.
Value is simply what the market is willing to pay for a share at the margin. As a founder, my own startup has a valuation, but that sure as hell doesn't make me a millionaire.
Oxfam has this daft 2% wealth tax idea on any assets over £10m. If we actually started taxing people based on paper valuations, most startups founders would be bankrupt by Series A.
Funny and related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHfJRON3b-w