▲ 444 ▼ Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean (arstechnica.com) submitted 10 months ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 100 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sirico@feddit.uk 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Some people wouldn't be those people then would it? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] supamanc@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago I know what you're saying, but if a company is valued at 10 billion for instance, then gets revalued down to 100mil, that difference has not gone anywhere, it has simply ceased to exist. And if you had invested 100k to own 0.001% of the 10 billion company, you now only own 0.001% of a 100 million company. Your investment has lost its value, with whatever implications that has for you. The value hasn't shifted around, it's ceased to exist! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] supamanc@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago I know what you're saying, but if a company is valued at 10 billion for instance, then gets revalued down to 100mil, that difference has not gone anywhere, it has simply ceased to exist. And if you had invested 100k to own 0.001% of the 10 billion company, you now only own 0.001% of a 100 million company. Your investment has lost its value, with whatever implications that has for you. The value hasn't shifted around, it's ceased to exist! permalink fedilink source parent