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> Climate change will create the first trillionaire. Is that a good thing?
by pstuart 7y ago
> Climate change will create the first trillionaire.
Is that a good thing?
- ISL 7y agoIt is probably more correct to state that solutions that allow us to adapt-to or reverse the effects of greenhouse gases on our environment will result in trillions of dollars in value to humanity at large. Whether that that value-creation gets concentrated or not is some combination of randomness, individual choices, and politics.
- option 7y agoeverything described above is a good thing. Why do you care that someone will become insanely rich by improving lives for millions?
- pstuart 7y agoIt's funny how my comment questioning the concentration of wealth as being a condemnation of business in principle.
- bpodgursky 7y agoWhy are you on Hacker News if you don't think successfully solving enormous problems merits enormous payoff? Like, this is the YCombinator message board. It's about venture capital and discussion for middling-to-wildly-ambitious startups. I don't think you are wrong for asking the question, but this isn't really the place to question whether investment and entrepreneurism is an efficient system. There's a lot of internet out there. This one is for startups. Just let this one exist.
- pstuart 7y agoIt's funny how my comment questioning the concentration of wealth as being a condemnation of business in principle. Also, go pound sand. My comment has value, even if you don't see it.
- lliamander 7y agoBetter than the alternatives, which are: * We end up in serious deprivation due to climate change * We end up in serious deprivation due to the austerity measured imposed on industrial society to prevent climate change