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Re:GitHub Founders Will Own More Microsoft Stock Than Its CEO by lovich on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @12:05AM (#17234905)
>It's not the founders' fault. They acted in their own self-interest, and did not volunteer information that would have negatively impacted their position.

This is a super capitalist thing to say. Anyone can understand _why_ the founder acted in their own self interest here, but to say it's not their fault is to just remove all agency from them.

Maybe it's in my best interest to have someone murdered so I can take over their business. Would you say it's not my fault if I did so?

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Re:GitHub Founders Will Own More Microsoft Stock Than Its CEO by kamaal on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @04:59AM (#17235994)
The Pie fallacy is false on shorter periods of time. In the real world. The Pie size is fixed. Or atleast the Pie size expands only in cycles.

So in one particular cycle people try to gather as much Pie for them as they can.

There fore ultimately one has to be selfish, even if not out of nature, but out of sheer compulsion. These days you have to do these things just not to get walked over.

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Re:GitHub Founders Will Own More Microsoft Stock Than Its CEO by lovich on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @09:04AM (#17237220)
You don't have to be selfish, we're not automatons that have no free will.

If you're starving, or need shelter or some other basic to survival, then yes you need to be selfish. After that being selfish is a choice

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