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Apologies, but Crypto notwithstanding, your whole post about "everything" is nonsense. Just because value is not immediately obvious to you personally, it does
by vasilipupkin 9y ago
Apologies, but Crypto notwithstanding, your whole post about "everything" is nonsense. Just because value is not immediately obvious to you personally, it doesn't follow that this value is zero. Just because you see a bunch of tall buildings and people in them and you don't know what they do, it doesn't follow that there is no value to what they do. I'm tired of hearing this point, it's like a cockroach that keeps coming back again and again.
- cup-of-tea 9y agoMaybe you need some exposure to the inside of these buildings. You will understand what the parent poster is talking about before long. There are literally people employed to undo the work of other people in places like that.
- sangnoir 9y agoThis brings to mind the quote often deployed against climate-change deniers: "Your inability to understand science is not an argument against it." The whole 'truthiness' aspect is mildly surprising to see on HN ("It feels right, so it must be true", and usually it applies to others - never the poster or their organisation.)
- prepend 9y agoIt’s also like a cockroach staring up at people and lamenting that they aren’t scurrying about or eating feces and crumbs at all.