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That’s plainly incorrect. 83% of my lifetime wealth might pay for 0.1% of a suspension bridge, but 0.1% of a bridge by itself does not carry 0.1% the cars that
by baddox 8y ago
That’s plainly incorrect. 83% of my lifetime wealth might pay for 0.1% of a suspension bridge, but 0.1% of a bridge by itself does not carry 0.1% the cars that a completed bridge carries. The incomplete bridge carries no cars.
- leetcrew 8y agowe don't only need large discrete items. 83% of a software engineers lifetime earnings could feed/house a lot of people for a short time or at least a few indefinitely. it could pay off many student loans. it could buy thousands of books for a library.
- baddox 8y agoThere are huge economies of scale for these things too, and more importantly, there needs to be structure and people who know how to implement social programs getting paid to do so.