> ... very high percentage of HN crowd would immediately say yes The most powerful world in the dictionary is "no". As an entirely self-made / self-taught per

> ... very high percentage of HN crowd would immediately say yes The most powerful world in the dictionary is "no". As an entirely self-made / self-taught person I know the power of that word. That you consider it a "pretty darn reasonable transaction" tells about your ethics and morality, not about the ethics and morality of a "very high percentage of HN crowd". Regarding fame/money, here's Ruyard Kipling's take on it: "Do not pay too much attention to fame, power, or money. Some day you will meet a person who cares for none of these, and then you will know how poor you are." I'm raising my kid the way my rebellious parents rose me, telling her "no" is the most powerful word and she should use and abuse it and teaching her there's more to life than fame and money... But feel free to raise yours telling them selling their bodies to obtain fame/money is a "pretty damn reasonable transaction".