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Re:The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success by richrichie on Sunday May 26, 2024 @05:17AM (#40480740)
> smart people only caring about getting richer.

Why is this a bad thing?

Re:The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success by shrubble on Sunday May 26, 2024 @05:20AM (#40480754)
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. -- Teddy Roosevelt (I'm speaking generally and not saying that Jim Simon was bad)
Re:The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success by secondcoming on Sunday May 26, 2024 @06:32AM (#40481074)
You don’t know what people do with their money so how can you claim they lack morals?
Re:The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success by cess11 on Sunday May 26, 2024 @07:25AM (#40481319)
If they get the money in an immoral way, then we can disregard what they do with it afterwards.
Re:The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success by cess11 on Sunday May 26, 2024 @07:24AM (#40481314)
The social mechanic is basically that some people accumulate wealth extracted from the value produced by other people's labour.

Is it ethical to use other people in that way? What kind of person can live a life like that?