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The best paid careers are in HFT, which is far less harmful than e.g. ad optimisation (the business of most big tech)

• zestyping 4y ago
  Interesting — could I hear your argument why?
  • tomp 4y ago
    The only people HFT “harms” are traders, i.e. voluntary participants in the “get rich” game who are likewise trying to win, but aren’t good enough. BigTech ads are instead non-consensually forced upon people and steal their attention (best case) or manipulate their thoughts/desires (worst case)
    • Dracophoenix 4y ago
      > BigTech ads are instead non-consensually forced upon people and steal their attention (best case) or manipulate their thoughts/desires (worst case) Those who make the ads and those who view them are voluntarily exchanging their time and attention with each other. They're traders in the same way high-frequency traders are.
      • tomp 4y ago
        maybe in theory, but in practice ads are everywhere and completely unavoidable in everyday life