The IRL answer here is that it doesn’t matter if it actually makes money / creates value in the long run, it only matters if the investors think it will, or if the c-suite think the investors think it will, or if the current investors (looking to sell) think that future investors (looking to buy) think it will.

This is how I felt binging all the Jurassic Park/World movies. Stop trying to make dino parks and soldiers happen, they’re not gonna happen.

I think you may have accidentally given some backstory to plants vs zombies

But our numbers show a strong correlation between profit and negative externalities, so as long as we’re causing harm we should be making money. Maybe we should start focusing research on even more dangerous monsters.

2000s web comic look.

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