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>Now imagine if all these brains could be freed and god knows how much innovation, progress and intellectual output can be unlocked into a completely different
by dgudkov 9y ago
>Now imagine if all these brains could be freed and god knows how much innovation, progress and intellectual output can be unlocked into a completely different kind of society.
This may sound cynical, but those who can actually deliver innovation, progress and intellectual output of a meaningful magnitude are already doing pretty well. To a big extent, because they can be determined and can work hard. Most people (myself included) are rather mediocre and have no capacity to advance the society beyond its current, rather advanced state.
- pixelbill 9y agoThis is the classic bad argument of "determination and hard work" are the only means of success, falsely insinuating that anyone not successful simply just didn't work hard enough. Back here in reality, you have lots of rich people who haven't worked hard a day in their life, who are incredibly successful by the genetic lottery of being born into wealth. If you have money, you don't have to work hard.. your money works for you. Those on the bottom are the hardest workers, because they have to. Their lives are wasted because they didn't win the lottery of wealth, and struggle simply to survive every day. Imagine the quality of life increase if we took away that feeling of your very survival being at risk every single day..
- Mithaldu 9y agoYou have a very valid answer from pixelbill, who seems to be shadowbanned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15919850 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15919850