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This is what happens when you play a zero-sum game. Even if you win, someone has to lose. I don't see the causality. He has yet to succeed because it's an incr
by olliesaunders 16y ago
This is what happens when you play a zero-sum game. Even if you win, someone has to lose.
I don't see the causality. He has yet to succeed because it's an incredibly difficult problem domain. There are problem domains of similar difficulty that benefit people that he could have chosen and still be in this position.
- kristianp 16y agoAlmost anything where you create something would be better. Then again he/she is creating software and algorithms.
- lowkey 16y agoYes, but to what end? When it comes to creating things that have value, I like objective standards and my favorite definition is Buckminster Fuller's: "Real wealth is whatever nurtures and accommodates human life." Anything else is pointless. Incidentally, a recent study claims that 60% of UK workers feel that their work is of no use to society. Financial Services, Telemarketing, Spammers, High-Frequency Traders and many other 'professions' would fit this description. Here is the link: http://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/cjgx7/60_of_uk_workers_feel_their_work_is_of_no_use_to/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/cjgx7/60_of_uk_wo...
- kiba 16y agoSome problems just can't be solved with the current toolkit. Sometime you need a different toolkit. For example, ESR derives a development methodology for open source software using Austrian economics.
- tptacek 16y agoHe did? What does that mean?