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This is completely backwards way of thinking about the world, and you should really take a moment and think about it. Consider this: Somewhere in the world, so
by ggggtez 8y ago
This is completely backwards way of thinking about the world, and you should really take a moment and think about it.
Consider this: Somewhere in the world, someone is going to eat poison on camera to get some ad money on YouTube. Would you say "Well it was going to happen anyway, so I might as well pay them to tattoo my brandname on their forehead while they're at it"?
No, you'd probably say "Wow, that sounds like a risky thing to do, and maybe it would look really bad for my brand, especially if they actually did die". So you should take a moment and ask "Why am I blaming the sherpa for the death, but absolving the rich people who paid him to do it?". There is a world view where you can think that maybe people shouldn't pay people to do risky things for stupid reasons.
- oh_sigh 8y agoIf you really think it is that dangerous, you should argue against anyone climbing Mt Everest then, not just people who happen to be sponsored with a publicity stunt. I'd encourage you to pitch that to the sherpas and see what their reaction would be to you wanting to take away pretty much their only source of income.
- Retra 8y agoPeople shouldn't be climbing Mt Everest. There is little to be gained by doing so. Unless of course somebody creates a reason by artificially choosing to incentivize it, but they could just as well incentivize doing something else instead.