Lumifer comments on Things I Wish They'd Taught Me When I Was Younger: Why Money Is Awesome - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 17 January 2014 03:32:54PM 4 points [-]

Under the conventional economic definition of value, compare how much value is produced e.g. by successful start-up founders compared to a low-IQ guy who is on welfare and will stay there for the rest of his life.

Or, say, compare the value produced by J.K.Rowling to the value produced by an airport TSA agent.

Comment author: SaidAchmiz 17 January 2014 09:24:31PM 0 points [-]

Was this downvoted only due to antipathy for startups*, or for some other reason? It seems true in general. I'd love to hear from whoever downvoted it (or agrees with the downvote).

*Which I somewhat share, so no disparagement intended there.

Comment author: Lumifer 21 January 2014 07:18:48PM 3 points [-]

Was this downvoted only due to antipathy for startups*, or for some other reason?

Think this post was just an innocent bystander in some downvote machinegunning.