Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by xotesos on Thursday March 28, 2024 @05:57PM
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To me it is an absurd comparison.
Someone stealing a billion dollars is committing a far worse crime than someone that murders me.
The problem I have with this is imagine what a statistical poll would be if you posed the question "would you spend 20 years in jail for 1 billion?"
There is a good percentage that absolutely would sign up for that, obviously a much different result than "would you spend life in prison to get a billion dollars".
Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
by kelnos on Friday March 29, 2024 @06:42AM
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I think a more interesting question would be around risk of getting caught. Like, would you do it if you had a 10% chance of getting caught and going to jail? 20%? 30%? 50%?
Someone stealing a billion dollars is committing a far worse crime than someone that murders me.
The problem I have with this is imagine what a statistical poll would be if you posed the question "would you spend 20 years in jail for 1 billion?"
There is a good percentage that absolutely would sign up for that, obviously a much different result than "would you spend life in prison to get a billion dollars".