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If you are on Hackernews posting well written comments then I think you don't fall into this category of people who I would say have negative unit economics. B
by nicodjimenez 9y ago
If you are on Hackernews posting well written comments then I think you don't fall into this category of people who I would say have negative unit economics. But consider people with down's syndrome or severe mental disorders. Should we leave these people out to dry? I certainly don't think so. However, are they ever going to be able to contribute more to society than society contributes to them? Probably not. This might not be politically correct but I think the more we can accept reality the better we can do to improve it. There are no safety nets in the US, you are always a few disasters away from being homeless, this is a real problem that needs to be fixed, even if solving this problem costs more dollars than it generates.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoMost people on the street do not fall into the categories you list here. When I was homeless, my comments on the internet were full of typos and other problems. People dismissed me as a delusional lunatic. Etc. If anything, I am absolute proof of how wrong you are, yet you will not acknowledge it. My claim that there are solutions that can be both profitable and effective is not an assertion that we should abandon people with Down's Syndrome. I think the best I can say is that you and I are talking past each other. That still doesn't make it a positive experience for me to have my ideas so completely dismissed, but I don't really expect that engaging you further will go anywhere good.