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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: RaplhCramden ✭  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: OT Lesson from 19th Century Railroad Finance
Date: 05/30/26 9:15 AM
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I don’t know who wins the AI race. Nobody does. If you’d asked someone in 1865 which railroad company would dominate American transportation in 1920, they would have given you a confident answer that was wrong. I’m pretty sure we’re in 1865 right now.

Might they have responded "wrong question. Aren't you more concerned with knowing how you get rich between 1865 and 1875?

Who cares what Ai looks like in 2080. Trillions will change hands before then and mean much more to us now.

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