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Re:NIH trial of remdesivir for COVID-19 begins in hospitaliz... by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:02PM (#22436579)
That seems to suggest that somehow everyone's earnings is unlimited assuming they do extra work and train in whatever vocation they want, when we all know that isn't the case. Why is it that the markets cap is more virtuous than one that's good for society?
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Re:NIH trial of remdesivir for COVID-19 begins in hospitaliz... by abstractbarista on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:13PM (#22436685)
It actually is the case. Trick is that it's strongly modulated by randomness (luck).
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Re:NIH trial of remdesivir for COVID-19 begins in hospitaliz... by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:24PM (#22436795)
There are no billionaire janitors, drycleaners, or chefs. I don't think there are even any billionaire software developers, doctors, or lawyers. There ARE billionaire business owners of all those things, but for the vocations themselves, it doesn't matter how good at that particular thing you are, you can't earn unlimited wealth strictly off those vocation specific skills and hard work unless you pivot and move your time and effort into something else.
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