I tend to think that the real debacle is that people think it is a debacle whenever a business takes a long time to reach profitability.

I bet a lot of great innovation has been held back by the focus on short term returns.

the scaling effects and deflationary nature of technology are much better-established than those of humans driving large, expensive cars.

You didn't play monopoly much growing I guess. Winning in capitalism is all about securing position. From there, leveraging profits isnt hard.