Montana to cancel unemployment benefits to address severe workforce shortage

Re:Montana to cancel unemployment benefits to address severe... by gumby on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:39AM (#27062295)

> Enjoying life is wonderful, but if everyone enjoys life, we'll all starve.

What a grim, zero-sum view. How about working and enjoying life?

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Re:Montana to cancel unemployment benefits to address severe... by mbg721 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @08:41AM (#27062323)

I think it's more accurate to say "If everyone optimizes for immediate enjoyment all the time, we all starve."

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Re:Montana to cancel unemployment benefits to address severe... by UncleMeat on Thursday May 06, 2021 @11:09AM (#27064357)

And if everybody optimizes for capital markets all the time, people die without living.

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Re:Montana to cancel unemployment benefits to address severe... by mbg721 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @11:41AM (#27064940)

For sure! I would never advocate "maximize other people's money" as a philosophy around which anyone should center their life. The idea is to convince everyone to buy into an economy that works, and then live life around that.

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