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deepsun • yesterday at 9:30 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Yep, but Edison is long gone, while Hollywood kept compounding over time. There's zero other reasons Hollywood is _currently_ better than any other place for filmmaking.


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gumby • yesterday at 11:17 PM

The term you’re looking for is “path dependence” and I was agreeing with you.

The only reason I even commented was because IP issues are popular and relevant on HN