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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(BlackRock) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(BlackRock) Was tickled by the allegory that could be made, upon readin
by pizza 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(BlackRock) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(BlackRock)
Was tickled by the allegory that could be made, upon reading this from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinn:
> The Quran says that the jinn were created from a smokeless and "scorching fire", but are also physical in nature, being able to interact in a tactile manner with people and objects and likewise be acted upon. The jinn, humans, and angels make up the three known sapient creations of God. Like human beings, the jinn can be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent and hence have free will like humans.
- acqq 10y agoI see no connection of that religious book and these particular Arab beliefs based on the myths from around the 7th century with the article about the BlackRock Inc. I guess you're attracted by the part "can be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent" but it's too little for my taste, the rest is more problematic to be related. And can't most things "be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent" anyway?
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoIf you clicked the first link given by GP, you would have seen that BlackRocks investment platform is called Aladdin, who of course has a strong link to the jinn (genie). Thus the connection.
- StavrosK 10y agoMaybe the connection was that the platform was going to be the one that "took the genie out of the bottle"? Any other alternative is more tenuous, I think.