Man, I love HN so much. This is really freaking cool. I have an app idea related to cleaning up litter. This makes me want to build it even more. Thanks for posting.

You could give equity to those who contribute.

> You could give equity to those who contribute.

Once challenge with equity is that equity is the thing that is left over after you've distributed income and benefits. I've seen so many startups (some up-close) where those in charge are not working for equity, they are extracting all the value in the form of benefits and salary/bonus. The equity then ends up just a carrot for those at the bottom being leveraged to keep the cycle going.

Other misaligned incentives I've seen is company management paying low salaries but having a host of family/friends placed into figurehead wishy-washy roles in the company (again, extracting value misaligned with employees.)

I've also seen doctors practices where the doctor owns the facility and extracts above-market rents from the practice, leaving less for workers.

Once a company is in hyper-growth it is easier to find well-aligned incentives. However, before that, you really dont know unless you can see the salary/benefits of everyone (which obviously doesnt typically happen.)

Equity is one thing. What really matters is voting rights.

I agree with this post. Capitalize on the experience you have in a different way.

I, for one, welcome our AI overlords.

Nihilism is a cancer on the western psyche.

Nihilism is cynicism with a turbo button

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Western literature is bad because it was written by cis white men. Native Americans lived here and had an advanced society that was way better and it didn't have capitalism. /s