How I got wealthy without working too hard

Re:How I got wealthy without working too hard by dragonwriter on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:43PM (#29272878)

> Equipment costs are not exactly costs.

Yes, they are.

> They are investments that can be amortized over many years.

So, they are capex rather than opex costs.

> I would argue time is infinitely more precious than money,

Were that true, the market clearing price of people's time denominated in money would be infinite. Which would be inconvenient, since largely money exists to enable the indirect exchange of time for time (largely, as labor).

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Re:How I got wealthy without working too hard by bambax on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:58PM (#29272977)

Yes, that's the reason why we are having this discussion, and the point of TFA. Some people think one should work for as long and as hard as possible in order to maximize their revenue. Others think that once their basic needs are covered, doing more work is pointless.

This difference has existed for a long time. It's discussed at length in Max Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism for example, which has funny things to say about the philosophy developed in Ben Franklin's autobiography.

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