News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person. Parent comment

Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by mdpopescu on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:57AM (#13994341)
Two people move their finger forward one centimeter.

One of them made a hole in the ground; he's going to put a seed in it, which will hopefully grow into something useful.

The other one pushed a button which started an automatic lathe which created an engine piston worth a hundred thousand dollars.

The difference in the productivity of two people is practically limitless.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person by krapp on Thursday March 30, 2017 @07:06AM (#13994375)
But the second person isn't being productive. The lathe is being productive. In Amazon's case, the person actually pushing the button on the lathe can barely make rent.
[ Parent | on HN ]