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Businesses only become profitable in a almost completely artificial human made financial landscape. There is really no reason to believe much more than a succes
by dv_dt 7y ago
Businesses only become profitable in a almost completely artificial human made financial landscape. There is really no reason to believe much more than a successful businessman is someone who was smart, sure, but also lucky at some very particular niche. And as bad as economists are, they're the few which are studying how that landscape's construction affects how businesses and people grow within them. That isn't to say we should blindly follow their advice, but to throw out all economists in favor or successful businessmen is looking to implement cargo cult surviorship biases.
- gonational 7y agoYou’re right; we shouldn’t throw out what they have created. Economists have been working tirelessly for decades to generate models that can demonstrate how economies don’t work. If we destroy the earth in nuclear war or some other calamity, these models could help to ensure that future civilizations fail before they ever reach the point that we did.
- AnimalMuppet 7y ago> Businesses only become profitable in a almost completely artificial human made financial landscape. Baloney. Some may; many good ones are profitable anyway.