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Also, I do not agree, the wealth created by tech companies is legitimate progress, whereas finance is more rent-seeking/pushing tail-risk off to the government.
by eruditely 13y ago
Also, I do not agree, the wealth created by tech companies is legitimate progress, whereas finance is more rent-seeking/pushing tail-risk off to the government.
The link below informs much more of my world-view however.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/jna/finance_as_a_career_option/ajkc http://lesswrong.com/lw/jna/finance_as_a_career_option/ajkc
- dpcheng2003 13y agoWhile you can be 100% correct, it's a straw man and irrelevant to my point. You can simultaneously believe finance is rent-seeking and still 100% agree with my points in response to the original post: 1) finance is much larger in capital markets; 2) Icahn has legitimacy even if he turns out to be wrong; 3) We should not dovetail into a finance vs. tech argument.