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While I think I agree with the premise of this article, these examples seriously undermine the argument. WhatApp because of greed? Spotify because of gluttony?

• Alex3917 8y ago
  The list in the middle of the article (Applications of the formula) is the original list from John Pavley's talk, the ones at the end are just the author of the blog post trying to give his own examples. But yeah I agree about WhatsApp, that's not a very good example. And MS Word isn't really social software.
• agumonkey 8y ago
  you could stretch spotify into musical pleasure greed .. although .. that would be stretching it
  • fullshark 8y ago
    I guess people pirating music is about greed, then being content with spotify instead because it's easier is about sloth.
    • sdf43543t345 8y ago
      re Piracy, its Pride -- for the technical challenge of getting something gratis. the fact it cost money ('greed') doesn't factor into it. Proud of the ability to acquire at no cost to the individual.
      • fullshark 8y ago
        A lot of people were/are just cheap
      • eric_h 8y ago
        For me that's what it was - I gathered quite a collection of shit I never even used or played (apps, media), just because I could (before Napster). For the friends of mine with no technical chops who I taught how to pirate, there was no pride, it was pure greed.
    • Cthulhu_ 8y ago
      ^ Very true; piracy became huge because it was free (greed) and easy (sloth), but streaming services like Spotify and Netflix changed those dynamics; it made it easier and safer (sloth), at the expense of making it cost some money, but still not as much as taking a gamble on e.g. buying a CD would. Of course, it came at the expense of artists, who aren't making as much off of Spotify as they did off of album sales. Well, not the top X artists anyway, I like to think that the artists that used to be in the long tail are now doing pretty well for themselves. Relatively.
• fullshark 8y ago
  Every single technology you can argue is about sloth
  • Cthulhu_ 8y ago
    I like to think fitness trackers and apps actually help people become more active, by gamifying the chore of moving without a purpose.
  • VMG 8y ago
    And yet we don't have an 8 hour work week
    • WJW 8y ago
      Speak for yourself.
      • k__ 8y ago
        Sadly 99% of the world have and even a good chunk of the first world. Just last week I was belittled, because I didn't want to come to office two times a week at 9am.