Not exactly. Counterfactual credit on individuals isn’t additive. For instance, we can say that almost every piece of the car is counterfactually (for the removal of the piece) essential (worth the entire value of the car).
That said, in this case, one would have to wonder what these employees would have done otherwise. I imagine the value of the founders for Google counterfactually, is somewhat equal to the value of Google minus the value of what the used-by-Google resources (money and lots of talent), had they been used elsewhere.
I’ll buy your car, minus a windshield wiper blade, for a dollar. I’ll also sell you a windshield wiper blade from mine for half of the bluebook value.
It certainly doesn’t generalize to physical objects composed of smaller objects; and the standard assumption is that almost all talent has non-exceptional results.
Not exactly. Counterfactual credit on individuals isn’t additive. For instance, we can say that almost every piece of the car is counterfactually (for the removal of the piece) essential (worth the entire value of the car).
That said, in this case, one would have to wonder what these employees would have done otherwise. I imagine the value of the founders for Google counterfactually, is somewhat equal to the value of Google minus the value of what the used-by-Google resources (money and lots of talent), had they been used elsewhere.
I’ll buy your car, minus a windshield wiper blade, for a dollar. I’ll also sell you a windshield wiper blade from mine for half of the bluebook value.
It certainly doesn’t generalize to physical objects composed of smaller objects; and the standard assumption is that almost all talent has non-exceptional results.