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That's why I literally love capitalism. The market does not give a heck about your little silly titles. You might be a God of the Universe, but if you cannot b
by maurycy 17y ago
That's why I literally love capitalism.
The market does not give a heck about your little silly titles. You might be a God of the Universe, but if you cannot bring a profit, you're out.
- barrkel 17y agoAnd the corollary: you may be a master of the universe, and bring in lots of profit, yet not actually add substantial value. As the article says, moneymaking is its own treadmill, its own fake achievement.
- electromagnetic 17y agoBy this rational everything is a fake achievement, so just off yourself and save us this boring shit from being on the HN front page. The majority of our life is doing useless, thankless tasks. Simply by spending 15 minutes in the shower every day I will have wasted an entire year of my life in the shower. By sleeping in 1 hour on Sunday I wasted 1/2 a year of my life, equally anyone spending an hour in church also wasted a year of their life (unless on the off chance god exists, then they only probably wasted a year of their life worshipping the wrong god). Those two teeth cleaning's my insurance company covers per year, assuming I'm only in the average of an hour, I just wasted almost 7 days of my life despite no medical evidence the procedure does anything, but if I get the maximum done yearly, well that's 12 days. Why should I brush my teeth the 2 minutes morning and evening recommended by my dentist? that wastes 81 days of my life. Just doing 1 minute morning and night only wastes 40 days. Why should I sleep the recommended 8 hours a night when just getting 6 hours has no appreciable difference on longevity or health? That's a whole 6 1/2 years saved if I just sleep 6 hours.
- Psyonic 17y agoRight. You could say that. That said, I'm sure that feels a little ridiculous to you. That money can be a treadmill, though, is as old as time. Haven't you seen A Christmas Carol? Scrooge and Marley made money like bandits.