Hey man, I still don't think you are understanding my point. This comment is actually pretty interesting:

> if it had been unity or unreal engine, would you have changed your opinion?

To me (again, to me. You could have a different interpretation, that's fine), the conversation was no longer about Improbable. It's about VC. The guy above him is arguing that a game engine does not have long term payoffs to justify the investments Fair got. But if they had made Unreal Engine, maybe it would have been worth it. It's not a bad comparison at all- Unreal Engine was made in a non-risky way, but if they HAD made it in a risky way, it might have been worth it to do.

> The idea that risk isn't a part of the discussion about why a company is laying off 40% of its work force doesn't seem like it has much merit.

When I commented, we were three degrees of separation away from Fair. So while this happened on a post about Fair, I just didn't get why it was relevant. But I see how my tone could have came off as dismissive. In truth I would rather have seen people debate the quoted comment, which is interesting, but the discussion got sidetracked, and I was trying to bring it back to the main point- I see how it could have been seen as dismissive for sure.

Your comment kind of bugs me. It's one line of content and four of person attacks. You've said that the responses have been explained, but you spent way more time insulting me than explaining. You said my tone would have been condescending if we were on Reddit, but you directly insulted me multiple times, and we're not on Reddit. Read your comment back to yourself. How would you feel if you received that? Are you proud of saying that to someone? I seriously don't think I said anything pointless. Even if it was pointless, there are way more respectful ways to say it, I was feeling down today and you made me feel worse.

How does it make sense to take massive risks when doing so is simply not necessary? That's very rarely going to be the correct play. It does not take a massive risk (i.e. huge upfront financial investment) to make a game engine, so why in the world would you do so? And why would anyone give you the money to do so?

Contrast with something like self-driving cars, which do require unbelievably massive upfront investments and still aren't solved satisfactorily yet, despite the investment of untold tens of billions of dollars that no one has yet recouped a cent of.