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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by gertef on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @07:56PM (#14261324)
The only investment a human can make is in their genetic future. Everything else (money, power) is in service of that.
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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by EliRivers on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:51AM (#14265773)
I'm not convinced. I make investments in the hope that I will end up getting back from it more than I started with; ideally by enough of a margin to cover the time I had to wait.

My genetic future isn't any kind of investment. I'm never seeing any return on that.

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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by Firadeoclus on Friday May 05, 2017 @05:48AM (#14272235)
Your "genetic future" immediately gets diluted and is barely recognizable after a few generations. A memetic legacy can last much longer.
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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by jpttsn on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @11:07PM (#14262115)
You might as well say the only investment any human can make is in producing excess heat in the universe.
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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by pharrlax on Thursday May 04, 2017 @12:01AM (#14262352)
Technically, producing excess heat is the only thing we ever do
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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by zepto on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @08:41PM (#14261546)
If that were true, men who donated to sperm banks would feel like their lives were complete.
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Re:Puerto Rico files for biggest ever U.S. local government ... by jacobush on Thursday May 04, 2017 @07:26AM (#14264034)
Why?
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