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Re:We’re Optimizing Ourselves to Death (2019) by ntsplnkv2 on Sunday November 22, 2020 @11:32PM (#25183614)
> What this speaks to is re-examining our values and perhaps directing our priorities to something other than maximizing ROI at all costs.

Our entire system is built upon maximizing ROI at all costs. Dealing with these values is extremely difficult.

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Re:We’re Optimizing Ourselves to Death (2019) by npsimons on Monday November 23, 2020 @11:04AM (#25188174)
> Our entire system is built upon maximizing ROI at all costs. Dealing with these values is extremely difficult.

I may have miscommunicated; perhaps I should have phrased it as re-evaluating what "return" we want to maximize.

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