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>certain types of people -- politicians, lawyers, business executives I forgot how altruistic software engineers, web developers and IT consultants were.

• wallace_f 10y ago
  In a general sense is it not better for all people to be in he business of creating value than to quarrel over transferring it from one to another? I believe that if you care about human welfare, then it is obvious that it is.
  • hx87 10y ago
    Because distribution of value is important, and people believe that distribution of value is important. After all, there are limits to how much I can feel your well-being, and vice versa.
    • wallace_f 10y ago
      That is not even exclusive of my statement. I actually support wealth redistribution, and I even buy in to the concept of diminishing returns in utility to increases in wealth, like you said--though, economists do debate whether that's actually true.