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If you want to define greed as imposing externalities on others (e.g. someone who finds that burning plastic in their backyard is legal because of some loophole
by yetanotherphd 13y ago
If you want to define greed as imposing externalities on others (e.g. someone who finds that burning plastic in their backyard is legal because of some loophole, and so creates a garbage disposal facility there) then I agree that this is something we should try to avoid, but this is not what has been preached for millennia. In fact the discussion on gentrification shows that most people still cannot distinguish what is and is not an externality.
I couldn't understand what your code was supposed to prove, probably because it was full of premature optimization and mutable state.
- PavlovsCat 13y ago> If you want to define greed as imposing externalities on others No, but I mentioned those things because they can result from greed, which is why greed is bad. If greed didn't result in destructive action, or if the negative effects were borne by those causing them, it wouldn't matter. And those things, multiplied by millions or even billions of people in an endless loop, can lead to vast destruction, too. > this is not what has been preached for millennia Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty -- Proverb 22:16
- yetanotherphd 13y agoBut you still haven't shown that Greed is a meaningful concept. Indeed, the link you posted shows Greed (englisch für Gier) ist: der Originaltitel des Films Gier (1924) der Name einer deutschen Band, siehe Greed (Band) der Name des Albums der Swans, siehe Greed In my opinion, there is no such thing as greed. There is only maximizing one's own happiness, which can be done through immoral or moral means. You still have failed to define greed (or show that it causes these bad things you refer to). And your quote is very vague, I have no idea what it is saying a person should avoid doing.
- gress 13y agoHow do you define happiness?
- sharemywin 13y agoPutting money over people.
- PavlovsCat 13y agoI am sorry, wikipedia shows me German search results by default, I wanted to link to the English one but messed up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greed > the inordinate desire to possess wealth, goods, or objects of abstract value with the intention to keep it for one's self, far beyond the dictates of basic survival and comfort. or, in German: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habgier http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habgier ^^