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The problem with the US is that it is a casino society. Those who win the casino game will do well, and serve as poster material. Survivorship bias is at an al
by amelius 11mo ago
The problem with the US is that it is a casino society.
Those who win the casino game will do well, and serve as poster material. Survivorship bias is at an all time high.
The less fortunate, even those who work hard, will suffer. This will only get worse with AI.
- Waterluvian 11mo ago> Casino society The other day I read that Americans have a lottery jackpot in the BILLIONS of dollars. I’m not sure how to really put to words what I feel about that. Something is very, very wrong there.
- sokoloff 11mo agoSub $1B cash value. Several hundred million after taxes. Dramatically life-changing for sure, but not even a single billion pre-tax, let alone plural.
- Waterluvian 11mo agoWhich has absolutely zero impact on how incredibly broken it makes that culture appear. It’s just breathtakingly screwed up. And even the “well actually it’s more like $900 million” speaks volumes. That doesn’t actually change a thing.
- llbbdd 11mo agoWhich number would make you more comfortable?
- Waterluvian 11mo ago$38,433,902.11
- giardini 11mo agoI know of no one who is willing to work hard having a bad life other than for extremely bad luck, drugs or gambling. This is anecdotal certainly but I see nothing to discourage people from working hard.
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