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I have utmost respect for this guy, after spending 25 years in prison he still has such a positive outlook, thinking about how he can utilize the internet to hi
by friendly_chap 13y ago
I have utmost respect for this guy, after spending 25 years
in prison he still has such a positive outlook, thinking about how he can utilize the internet to his advantage.
It teaches us something about not giving up our future even if the present is less than stellar. Startups are hard, but imagine if you would have to wait 25 years to realize your ideas...
As cliché as it is, never give up!
- jacquesm 13y ago25 years is an enormous amount of time. Think of the cost to society to lock up people for the bigger part of their productive life.
- davidw 13y agoAs a purely hypothetical argument, there's a net benefit to society if someone's productive efforts go into stealing from or otherwise harming other people. How many people fall into that category versus how many can be reformed or otherwise kept from causing harm is something I don't have facts about and is probably another debate for another site.
- obviouslygreen 13y agoWhether there is a "net benefit" depends on how much time they're in prison for, how much harm they caused before going in, and what kind of good they do/value they contribute once they're out. Even after the time it would take to establish an effective metric, that's something that would vary very widely by individual.