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The form is debatable, however their critique is not completely wrong. The diagnosis that at least a vocal part of the crowd here is finance-obsessed fits my ex
by madez 9y ago
The form is debatable, however their critique is not completely wrong. The diagnosis that at least a vocal part of the crowd here is finance-obsessed fits my experience.
More generally, some of the people I regularly interact with face-to-face are strongly focused on how they can use things for their financial advantage, while others aren't. Some even want to speculate with cryptocurrencies, which I consider gambling. I don't yet understand what explains the difference. Maybe a fear of running out of money to meet existential needs?
Anybody any ideas what makes seemingly very intelligent people so obsessed with money?
- foepys 9y agoMoney is the metric some (I'd say most if not all) very competitive people choose to compare themselves to others. After school it's pretty much the only objective metric. As tech has very high salaries even for entry-level positions those people tend to come to tech and then find their way to Hacker News.