On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 1:47 PM Karl Semich <0xloem@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 1:07 PM David Barrett <dbarrett@expensify.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 9:38 AM Karl Semich <0xloem@gmail.com> wrote:
The vaccines you hear about are being made by the people who are already richest from selling vaccines. Obviously.
We also buy cars from people who are rich selling cars, and bananas from people who are rich selling bananas. Obviously if you successfully produce a product that works and is in high global demand, you get rich. But "selling a product that works" is hardly a sin... right?
You got it!
But why care if it works?
Here. effectiveness = success * profit Let's replace profit with something else. effectiveness = success * having_lobbyists Consider the effectiveness of tobacco. Tobacco is successful in giving people relaxation, a cognitive boost, a thing to do with friends. Exercise is also successful at these things. But tobacco has more lobbyists than exercise.