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Re:Lambda School lays off 19 employees by troydavis on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @11:56PM (#22941971)
They’re already bundled and sold on the Edly ISA Marketplace: https://lambdaschool.com/the-commons/announcing-our-new-isa-..., https://edly.info/investors/
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Re:Lambda School lays off 19 employees by jhwang5 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:27AM (#22943105)
Not to be cynical here but such a marketplace allows buying/selling human capital... i.e. slave market.
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Re:Lambda School lays off 19 employees by troydavis on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @05:02AM (#22943576)
The ISA buyer doesn’t have any control of or influence over whether or how much someone works (nor how much they earn). If the ISA seller wants to spend their whole life relaxing on a beach, they can.

So, although you may not like ISAs, comparing it to slavery trivializes actual slavery.

Also, it seems like you’re being cynical without realizing it.

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Re:Lambda School lays off 19 employees by perl4ever on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:33PM (#22952319)
I have no first hand knowledge of Lambda and maybe they're the worst thing ever, but whenever I see a comment dripping with venom that doesn't even make any sense to me, I think what on earth do these people think of conventional rip-off for-profit schools that you pay up front?
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