The Baffling World of Masayoshi Son's Presentations (2020)
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2 days ago
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nippoo
3 hours ago
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Here's an example of his latest presentation slides: https://group.softbank/media/Project/sbg/sbg/pdf/ir/investor...
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helloplanets
1 hour ago
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Slide number 55 is a beauty.
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vavos
22 minutes ago
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Goose value 0?
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esafak
3 hours ago
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I can't speak to the numbers, but the values it espouses sound reasonable.
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donkey_brains
1 hour ago
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Preposterous. Clearly the goose is full of golden eggs
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akomtu
45 minutes ago
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ASI as Alien Slop Intelligence is already here. The next phase is hardening the slop, I suppose.
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aetherson
2 hours ago
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I mean, he was pretty vindicated on Uber. Which kind of hurts me to say, I was a long time Uber bear. But it did indeed emerge from the pandemic stronger.
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conception
1 hour ago
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They also spent a ton of money to get an unchangeable law passed in their favor to bypass employment regulations.
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lmm
28 minutes ago
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> unchangeable law

WTF do you mean by this? Even constitutions can be amended, and if an odious law cannot be changed through politics then that only means it will be changed by other means.

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returnInfinity
1 hour ago
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yeah I was a uber bear too, some how it has turned around

I was betting on the taxi drivers revolting, but the capital markets have prevailed

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nl
41 minutes ago
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In what country would taxi drivers revolt?

I think in most countries the drivers get paid by the taxi license holders and usually can make more money and/or more have more flexible working conditions driving for Uber.

See eg https://www.statista.com/chart/6971/fare-deal-taxi-drivers-e...

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kencausey
1 day ago
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(2020)
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