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Re:Man Accused of Spoofing Some of the World's Biggest Futur... by raykaye47 on Sunday October 25, 2015 @04:51PM (#10448369)
Its sad that day trading attracts these geniuses that could otherwise use their brainpower to solve more important problems in society.
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Re:Man Accused of Spoofing Some of the World's Biggest Futur... by ctvo on Sunday October 25, 2015 @05:17PM (#10448464)
Is it also sad that there are a ton of geniuses working at the big 3 solving internet advertising and social media?
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Re:Man Accused of Spoofing Some of the World's Biggest Futur... by flashman on Sunday October 25, 2015 @06:39PM (#10448758)
As Jeff Hammerbacher said[1], "The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks."

[1]http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/magazine/content/11_17/b42250609...

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Re:Man Accused of Spoofing Some of the World's Biggest Futur... by ionised on Monday October 26, 2015 @05:48AM (#10450339)
Absolutely.
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