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I love how the Hacker News community can spend most of its time obsessed with starting businesses and yet still find time to decry the profit motive as evil.
by hnal943 16y ago
I love how the Hacker News community can spend most of its time obsessed with starting businesses and yet still find time to decry the profit motive as evil.
- Natsu 16y agoThe profit motive is a powerful incentive, but it is amoral. It can lead to both good and evil effects. I see nothing unreasonable about wanting to make sure that the profit motive is aligned with out best interests. Conveniently, HN has an article that addresses that very subject: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/09/09/129757852/pop-quiz-how-do-you-stop-sea-captains-from-killing-their-passengers http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2010/09/09/129757852/pop-quiz... As Tabarrok concludes, "A good social order aligns self-interest with social interest."