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A fool and his money are soon parted.
It is a nice aphorism by an economy shouldn't be based on duping people. It's literally why we have regulations. Why you can't make Ponzi schemes. You literally are not allowed to lie to investors though we love to ignore the spirit in favor of the letter of the law.
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It is a nice aphorism by an economy shouldn't be based on duping people. It's literally why we have regulations. Why you can't make Ponzi schemes. You literally are not allowed to lie to investors though we love to ignore the spirit in favor of the letter of the law.
I'm happy when any (rich) investor gets scammed. Money ought to be distributed downwards.
You just replace one unethical person with another.
The result is you feel good but nothing meaningful changes. Maybe all those aphorisms about revenge are onto something...
> Now think about a bad software product that you might encounter briefly or you are forced to use: a poorly designed electronic kiosk with 1000ms lag on every interaction, or a hospital electronic system. I think there's a high chance that the people building them rarely use them, or not at all. looks at Adobe Illustrator picks up the manual for Creature House Expression, a 2003 natural media vector editor just oozi…
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I'm happy when any (rich) investor gets scammed. Money ought to be distributed downwards.
Unfortunately over millennia of this happening, nothing has changed. Which is rather obvious since scamming is unethical. You just replace one unethical person with another. The result is you feel good but nothing meaningful changes. Maybe all those aphorisms about revenge are onto something...
So is being wealthy. There is no ethical way to get wealthy.
> Now think about a bad software product that you might encounter briefly or you are forced to use: a poorly designed electronic kiosk with 1000ms lag on every interaction, or a hospital electronic system. I think there's a high chance that the people building them rarely use them, or not at all. To be fair, it would be hard for me to build hospital EHR software if I were also checking myself into the hospital every…
Like, they've been slashed and outsourced and devalued to death over the past several years, but QA is a vital part of the lifecycle of professional software.
And it's not something you can just toss at a bunch of unpaid interns and expect them to do a good job. Being able to properly test software is a valuable skill—and it's one I respect all the more because I don't have it.
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Unfortunately over millennia of this happening, nothing has changed. Which is rather obvious since scamming is unethical. You just replace one unethical person with another. The result is you feel good but nothing meaningful changes. Maybe all those aphorisms about revenge are onto something...
> Which is rather obvious since scamming is unethical. So is being wealthy. There is no ethical way to get wealthy.
And I still don't think it's unethical that doctors are wealthy. I'm very happy with them making good money for their work. It doesn't mean all doctors are ethical, but certainly it is one (of several) path to make money without needing to be unethical.
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A fool and his money are soon parted.
It is a nice aphorism by an economy shouldn't be based on duping people. It's literally why we have regulations. Why you can't make Ponzi schemes. You literally are not allowed to lie to investors though we love to ignore the spirit in favor of the letter of the law.
Every single website is filled to the brim with dark patterns. There's more spam these days than real content online. Even reputable companies are lying about their products. Reviews are faker than ever and nobody seems to care. Hell, even when I turn on the TV half of the products featured are very obviously scams.
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> Which is rather obvious since scamming is unethical. So is being wealthy. There is no ethical way to get wealthy.
Sounds like a self fulfilling prophecy. Remember, what makes someone fiscally wealthy is still defined by culture and society. Most of our needs aren't necessities. And I still don't think it's unethical that doctors are wealthy. I'm very happy with them making good money for their work. It doesn't mean all doctors are ethical, but certainly it is one (of several) path to make money without needing to be unethical.
Sure, in the sense that the state is defined by culture and society. Until your skull is beaten in by police, anyway. Then the concepts tend to clarify.
Trying to hedge your way out of accountability for how you accumulated your wealth is pretty funny. Also, doctors shouldn’t be wealthy either: that is likely the LEAST ethical way to make money.
> Most of our needs aren't necessities.
Please look up both terms in a dictionary