Creutzer 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 16 January 2014 04:33:27PM 4 points [-]

we should also be talking about how to make sure that people who aren't like us actually get some of it.

"Some" of it they generally do. But if you're going for equality, do note that people are usually paid for the value they produce and that individuals' capability to produce value differs GREATLY. Even if you control for things like socio-economic status.

Comment author: Creutzer 22 January 2014 10:54:18PM *  0 points [-]

individuals' capability to produce value differs GREATLY. Even if you control for things like socio-economic status.

Some might say that exactly that is the problem. (Not necessarily myself.)

Comment author: Lumifer 23 January 2014 12:46:15AM 1 point [-]

Some might say that exactly that is the problem.

To these people I would point out the difference between reality and various imaginary universes one can construct.

Comment author: Creutzer 23 January 2014 07:36:08AM 0 points [-]

Is that a new version of the is-ought fallacy?

Comment author: Lumifer 23 January 2014 03:54:13PM 1 point [-]

Kinda. It's really more of a confusion between what the world is and what you would like it to be.