Monopolies are not necessarily bad; what matters is whether they are ephemeral (fragile, requiring constant innovation to maintain dominance) or static (sitting on laurels, collecting rents without innovation), with dynamic monopolies creating good incentives for ongoing innovation and investment
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Reid HoffmannEvidence Quote
“A ephemeral fragile monopoly works really hard because they're worried that 5 years from now they will no longer have dominance. The paranoid survive. That creates a good cycle of innovation. But if they sit on their laurels and collect a massive tax, that creates less innovation”
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