Buffett told of the finest buggy whip factory in the country facing the horseless carriage, then a separate textile mill where a new loom promised twice the productivity. His reaction was to hope the new loom failed. Why root against progress? Because the underlying business was already earning substandard returns, and any efficiency gain would simply be passed to customers rather than captured by owners.
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