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You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die

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Re: You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die

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It’s ad reductio it’s like saying soccer is pushing a ball. You could also say life is waking up eating sleeping and then death. It’s true but it’s definitely an emotional argument. I preferred the lectures on free will by Conway, it does not answer anything but it allows for a nice réflexion

True but for a lot of people that's pretty much it. It would not be absurd to say: "For my 4 year old soccer is just pushing a ball".

Re: You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die

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If you have not read _The hard thing about hard things_, you should. One of my favorites is this exchange when the company hits hard times:

Bill Campbell: "It's not about the money."

Ben Horowitz: "What's it about, Bill?"

Bill: "It's about the FUCKING money.

Re: You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die

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post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would that make you the slave owner?

If machines are slaves then yes.

That would make sense if everything was produced entirely by machines, but it doesn't make any sense in the current real world.

Re: You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die

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post #15
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If you want wealth, stop renting out your time. Lean towards equity. You need to be able to make money even while sleeping.

How should one go about doing this?

Step 1. Make sure everyone else don't do this or else equity will be worth less than wages and drive actual wages down.

Step 2. Make sure you yourself are exceptional as far as step 1 is concerned.

Step 3. Make money while asleep.

Re: You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die

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post #2

I love how professors live on charity and lecture us on money.

Professors don't "live on charity" any more than anyone else with a job does. If you disagree, stop paying them and see how that works out for you.

The majority of their income comes from government subsidies and from charitable donations. At some universities, over time, that's built up into endowments which support professors.

That's very much the definition of "live on charity."

Re: You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die

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post #6

It’s ad reductio it’s like saying soccer is pushing a ball. You could also say life is waking up eating sleeping and then death. It’s true but it’s definitely an emotional argument. I preferred the lectures on free will by Conway, it does not answer anything but it allows for a nice réflexion

Agreed.

We might as well say, you're a slave to oxygen and water, then you die.

Re: You're a Slave to Money, Then You Die

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post #15
post #5

If you want wealth, stop renting out your time. Lean towards equity. You need to be able to make money even while sleeping.

How should one go about doing this?

Naval podcast is pretty good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jemPACNo1_I&list=PL5QAQBV5zC...
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