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The only investment a human can make is in their genetic future. Everything else (money, power) is in service of that.
by gertef 9y ago
The only investment a human can make is in their genetic future. Everything else (money, power) is in service of that.
- jpttsn 9y agoYou might as well say the only investment any human can make is in producing excess heat in the universe.
- pharrlax 9y agoTechnically, producing excess heat is the only thing we ever do
- zepto 9y agoIf that were true, men who donated to sperm banks would feel like their lives were complete.
- jacobush 9y agoWhy?
- EliRivers 9y agoI'm not convinced. I make investments in the hope that I will end up getting back from it more than I started with; ideally by enough of a margin to cover the time I had to wait. My genetic future isn't any kind of investment. I'm never seeing any return on that.
- Firadeoclus 9y agoYour "genetic future" immediately gets diluted and is barely recognizable after a few generations. A memetic legacy can last much longer.