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Stephenson Thinks Greed Might Be the Thing That Saves Us
- AceyMan 4y agoI'm allowed to share a link occasionally per the EULA, iirc. [cited link Below] A Sci-Fi Visionary Thinks Greed Might Be the Thing That Saves Us https://nyti.ms/334iiuz https://nyti.ms/334iiuz
- AceyMan 4y ago=> the epistemological phases part really hit me in feels. That's new thinking for me and I like it.
- npc12345 4y ago"Greed is good."
- mathgladiator 4y agoI agree since greed is reliable. Every time I incentive behavior with a person's self interest in mind then I generally get what is needed.
- eesmith 4y agoPoint a gun at me and threaten to kill me should I not give you my wallet. It's in my self-interest to give up my wallet. But is that really greed? "Modern economic thought frequently distinguishes greed from self-interest, even in its earliest works, and spends considerable effort distinguishing the line between the two." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed .