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"Why do professional athletes make so much money when...?" is the wrong question to ask. "Why do people pay so much money for a small bit of entertainment for
by noonespecial 13y ago
"Why do professional athletes make so much money when...?" is the wrong question to ask.
"Why do people pay so much money for a small bit of entertainment for themselves when there is so much need in the world?" is a better one. This brings us right back to some uncomfortable facts about human nature.
- lostlogin 13y agoNo, it's stranger than that. People (myself included) think twice about a $5 app that will be used for a huge aggregate time, but don't hesitate at $20 for a cinema ticket to a craptastic film, or a subscription to some sort of sports channel. The app in using to write this cost me $6 and I have used it for way too many hours (and its one minor bug clipping comment length is still there damn it!)
- hexscrews 13y agoYou may be interested in this then. http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~%20adamodar/New_Home_Page/invfables/investorirrationality.htm http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~%20adamodar/New_Home_Page/invfab... It's a fascinating read and may relate to why people are willing to invest in seemly irrelevant markets.