Comment by bluecalm
7 hours ago
Hashimoto did more valuable work than you and then he is in position to do more impact wherever he pleases.
>>I donated $6000 to a halfway house last year and that doesn’t even come close to covering a single bed for a year. If I was a billionaire I could have built an entire halfway house.
We need some mechanism to select people who makes the choice. Popularity/lying contest (politics) ain't it. People making money conducting honest business is the best mechanism we have.
> People making money conducting honest business is the best mechanism we have.
What percent of billionaires have made it through “honest business”?
I’m sure glad Zucc stole all my personal info to sell to advertisers so he can decide where society allocates its capital.
Why would I believe for one moment that someone who is successful at selling widgets should be deciding what resources to allocate to a homeless shelter?
I for one am glad that "let's just all follow bluecalm's hackernews comments" isn't how we select people who make "the choice".