Worth the read.

"So imagine this -

You sell shovels to gold miners, and as we all know, the people who make money during a gold rush are the people who sell the shovels.

But in this case the shovel seller is digging for gold himself too. And he has intentionally sold crappy shovels to all of his customers so as to give himself an advantage."

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