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A comment on Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people don't realize?.

Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by Gnarl on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @02:40AM (#22042691)
How almost no one understands that simply trading your time as units for money is ridiculous.
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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by ipnon on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:33AM (#22043221)
An equally terse generalization: You're trading your labor for money. Your time is marginally valuable.
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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by Infinitesimus on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:36AM (#22043528)
It's often about time instead labor for those not self-employed though.

Time has a universal ceiling for us humans and is the ultimate boundary

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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by webew on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:52AM (#22043315)
In nature, everything is free.

If you're an engineer here, you'll find something there, too.

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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by polyterative on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:47AM (#22042959)
Can you elaborate please?
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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by jonwinstanley on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @11:34AM (#22046387)
On your own, you only have 1 person's time to trade for money, but once you employ others you have a multiplier.
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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by homonculus1 on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @03:56PM (#22049157)
In other words, you're the sucker if you're not exploiting others.
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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by sumedh on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:07AM (#22043381)
What is your solution go back to a barter system?
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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by ggambetta on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @06:16AM (#22043734)
No, he's saying "run a company", essentially.
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Re:Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people d... by anotheryou on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @07:29AM (#22044156)
but running things yourself means networking and financial risk. not everyone is good at that or can afford it
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