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I'm not surprised that someone whose ideology makes him believe that Einstein's contribution to society was smaller than that of the bosses of Lehman or AIG wou
by shrikant 17y ago
I'm not surprised that someone whose ideology makes him believe that Einstein's contribution to society was smaller than that of the bosses of Lehman or AIG would be disappointed by reality.
Would you care to clarify? I genuinely don't see where you are getting this from.
- pmiller2 17y agoHe's saying that since Einstein wasn't a rich man, by the author's logic, he couldn't have contributed much to society.
- eru 17y agoNo, he doesn't say so. The reverse of A -> B is not B -> A or even (not A) -> (not B), but (not B) -> (not A).
- Psyonic 17y agocontributes -> rich : (not rich) -> (not contributes)... what exactly are you arguing?
- eru 17y agoEinstein did not contribute to the market, and thus shouldn't be judged by that. You could say he gave his insights away as gifts (or in exchange for reputation?).
- fauigerzigerk 17y agoThe author of the article says "wages represent the value that a worker provides to others". Do you really think Einstein's wage represented the value he provided to others? People work for all kinds of reasons. Money is just one of them as you yourself allude to when you mention reputation. So wages representing the value a worker provides is clearly nonsense. They just represent _expected_ value for those able to pay, and it includes all kinds of distortions like immigration controls.
- fauigerzigerk 17y agoThe "runny tally" part says something very different than A -> B. It says A <-> B.