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I cant tell if youre joking or not because I sorta do think it is all a scam. I think the stock market is a way to keep the sociopaths doing something less dang

I cant tell if youre joking or not because I sorta do think it is all a scam. I think the stock market is a way to keep the sociopaths doing something less dangerous than continuous war and insurrection. Whether intentionally or not, I think that's it's primary value. It basically magnifies wealth discrepancy which is what the sociopaths want. The rest of us just try not to become poor by playing their games. Whenever everyone gets too close to fair, they invent a new game, or take the ball and go home. You know? I'm only sort of kidding. :D

andsoitis 4y ago
> Whenever everyone gets too close to fair, they invent a new game, or take the ball and go home. who is “they”?
- fartcannon 4y ago
  Sociopaths
TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
What an interesting world view.
- fartcannon 4y ago
  I try and think about it from our tribal, small group primate origin perspective. I hope you're not mocking me, but if you are, I still do think it's interesting actually. :) Like maybe we didn't kill the neanderthals, you know? I think we probably convinced them to kill each other. That's kind of our specialty.
  - TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
    I’m not mocking you. But if I had that world view, I might not get out of bed in the morning.
    - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > if I had that world view, I might not get out of bed in the morning It might be the inverse. Someone not wanting to get out of bed in the morning projecting that view onto the world.
      - fartcannon 4y ago
        It's neither! What's the problem with trying to explain human motivations like greed using our evolution? I genuinely think it's interesting.
        JumpCrisscross 4y ago
        > What's the problem with trying to explain human motivations like greed using our evolution? Look up Social Darwinism. Broadly: most evolutionary explanations for social behaviour aren’t science. They’re parlour tricks. One can posit reasonable-sounding explanations for any behaviour, real or hypothetical, none of which is testable. Example: I can construct individual-selection arguments for humans being evolved sociopaths and group-selection arguments for humans being collectivist sheep. There is truth in both statements. But their predictive value is totally dependent on the immeasurable mix and mechanics thereof, all of which is blissfully ignored, both in substance and evaluation, by this framing.
        fartcannon 4y ago
        I think maybe you're talking about something else, or believe that I am, or I'm misunderstanding you because it feels like you're trying to tell me that my _imagination_ is a parlour trick. Ive been on the internet for a long time and this is the first time that has ever happened. I value the time you put into explaining your position, however I dont think creative thought exercises like trying to explain why wall street is full of a-holes using evoluton is a parlour trick. Because there's no trick. It's just a thought. On a discussion forum. Where people discuss things.
        4y ago

andsoitis 4y ago

> Whenever everyone gets too close to fair, they invent a new game, or take the ball and go home. who is “they”?

fartcannon 4y ago
Sociopaths

TedDoesntTalk 4y ago

What an interesting world view.

fartcannon 4y ago
I try and think about it from our tribal, small group primate origin perspective. I hope you're not mocking me, but if you are, I still do think it's interesting actually. :) Like maybe we didn't kill the neanderthals, you know? I think we probably convinced them to kill each other. That's kind of our specialty.
- TedDoesntTalk 4y ago
  I’m not mocking you. But if I had that world view, I might not get out of bed in the morning.
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > if I had that world view, I might not get out of bed in the morning It might be the inverse. Someone not wanting to get out of bed in the morning projecting that view onto the world.
    - fartcannon 4y ago
      It's neither! What's the problem with trying to explain human motivations like greed using our evolution? I genuinely think it's interesting.
      - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
        > What's the problem with trying to explain human motivations like greed using our evolution? Look up Social Darwinism. Broadly: most evolutionary explanations for social behaviour aren’t science. They’re parlour tricks. One can posit reasonable-sounding explanations for any behaviour, real or hypothetical, none of which is testable. Example: I can construct individual-selection arguments for humans being evolved sociopaths and group-selection arguments for humans being collectivist sheep. There is truth in both statements. But their predictive value is totally dependent on the immeasurable mix and mechanics thereof, all of which is blissfully ignored, both in substance and evaluation, by this framing.
        fartcannon 4y ago
        I think maybe you're talking about something else, or believe that I am, or I'm misunderstanding you because it feels like you're trying to tell me that my _imagination_ is a parlour trick. Ive been on the internet for a long time and this is the first time that has ever happened. I value the time you put into explaining your position, however I dont think creative thought exercises like trying to explain why wall street is full of a-holes using evoluton is a parlour trick. Because there's no trick. It's just a thought. On a discussion forum. Where people discuss things.
        4y ago