The world needs paranoia

Norval 2022-12-21 00:22:39

1. Many of our existing achievements and conveniences are inseparable from the innovation, courage and perseverance of our predecessors. From this film, you can see how difficult it is to start a business, and if you do everything you can, you will still face failure in the end.

2. Time is money, which is vividly shown in this film. A time difference of just a few milliseconds can bring huge benefits. And sometimes making money is so fast and easy. There is a section in the film where the bald is giving an example to the waiter in the bar. Buy and sell shares of Lemon Company and make a profit through the time difference. The waiter asked a question, what impact will this have on farmers who grow lemons? The result is no effect. This is the general public’s impression of Wall Street. It does not produce any value, but just blindly speculates and gathers the world’s wealth on Wall Street.

3. In this film, through the bald head and an Asian man who was hired later, it is reflected that the core technology is the primary productive force. No matter how big your career is, you will ultimately rely on solid technology. As long as you have good skills, you don't have to worry about running out of money.

4. Maybe sometimes we go too far and we have forgotten our original intentions. Blindly busy, eventually lost.

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The Hummingbird Project quotes

  • [first lines]

    Bryan Taylor: How long does it take to drive from Kansas to New York?

    Vincent Zaleski: Uh, two days.

    Bryan Taylor: You wanna do this in 16 milliseconds?

    Vincent Zaleski: Yeah, but round trip.

    Bryan Taylor: We're talking about a lot of money here, Vincent.

  • Vincent Zaleski: Sometimes I wonder, if all the time that was given to me was, like, like, 16 milliseconds, and I had no past memory - I had nothing carved into my mind before those 16 milliseconds. And the only thing that was left imprinted in my brain were the images and the smells and feelings of those 16 milliseconds. How do you think I would process that?

    Anton Zaleski: I don't know. Hmm. I think your life would feel exactly as long as someone who lived for 100 years.