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Re:A man who spent $100K to remove a lie from Google by DougN7 on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @02:44PM (#16757657)
That was perfectly put. When it comes down to it, making money is the same thing as "extracting value". Hopefully the system provides as much as or more than extracts, but that is very often not the case.
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Re:A man who spent $100K to remove a lie from Google by nugi on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @04:56PM (#16758984)
Next up on HN; professional programming is just abstracted rent seeking. Forum implodes.
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Re:A man who spent $100K to remove a lie from Google by kerkeslager on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @05:07PM (#16759099)
> Next up on HN; professional programming is just abstracted rent seeking.

Often, yes. It doesn't have to be.

The first step to improving things is admitting there's a problem.

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Re:A man who spent $100K to remove a lie from Google by dwaltrip on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @11:11PM (#16761483)
Your last sentence directly contradicts the one right before it.

Value creation is not the same thing as value extraction.

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