If you wrote that 100 people could outwork one person, I'd nod my head. If you wrote that 10k people could outwork 1k people, I'd shrug. If you tell me that 100 people can combine to tie my shoe faster than I can, I'd question that.

Building a state-of-the-art search engine is not shoelaces. But upwards of 10k workers is not impressive in the right direction.

One person starting out with anything at all can quickly grow into one person with one or two really innovative ideas. One or two good ideas can catch fire pretty quickly. Don't be too dismissive.