Google reminds me that I think of big companies as being the result of survivor bias: they just happened to roll a corporate Yahtzee, after which all attempts at "innovation" must never risk re-rolling those dice. (Or, worse, must follow the previous approach, which is akin to wearing lucky pants so that your football team wins.) Larry & Sergey had nothing to lose in their garage, but everything to gain
Re F1, have you read this staggering piece from Kate Wagner? https://web.archive.org/web/20240301170542/https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a46975496/behind-f1-velvet-curtain/
Google reminds me that I think of big companies as being the result of survivor bias: they just happened to roll a corporate Yahtzee, after which all attempts at "innovation" must never risk re-rolling those dice. (Or, worse, must follow the previous approach, which is akin to wearing lucky pants so that your football team wins.) Larry & Sergey had nothing to lose in their garage, but everything to gain