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I spent way too long trying to figure out how giving your kids your lifetime's earnings would be a performance hack beyond, you know, giving them a head start,
by whoisburbansky 5y ago
I spent way too long trying to figure out how giving your kids your lifetime's earnings would be a performance hack beyond, you know, giving them a head start, before realizing what the headline was talking about.
- MeinBlutIstBlau 5y agoI figured cause it was on HN that there was no way that was the article
- esyir 5y agoPeople care tons about their kids -> Working hard and creating value results in a larger inheritance for their kids -> Exploit biological desires to protect offspring to get yourself to be more productive?
- IncRnd 5y ago"Working hard and creating value" and "biological desires" are multiple inheritance, which is outside the scope of this article.
- vbsteven 5y agoIs this the diamond problem?
- sjfidsfkds 5y agoYou just invented society!
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- hkmurakami 5y ago"Jane/John Doe, eat your carrots and finish your homework before 9pm, or who knows what might happen to your interest in the family trust" is a conversation that has probably happened somewhere in history. On a more serious note, thinly veiled threats by patriarchs to their children working in the family business regarding their eventual share in the business is something that probably happens routinely around the world, especially in areas like Europe, East Asia, South Asia, and South East Asia, with many multi-generational privately held family businesses.
- CRConrad 5y agoIt's a hack for the kids, not the parent. Since "performance" is measured (in large part) in money, getting a bunch for free when your parent croaks is a super hack.