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Re:I Met Paul Graham Once by rexpop on Monday January 20, 2025 @01:03PM (#42771318)
> pliability of youth

Not entirely dissimilar to the exploitation of eg college athletes.

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Re:I Met Paul Graham Once by eastbound on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @01:57AM (#42777307)
The federation judged that even a college athlete who gets a major concussion cannot be offered a bottle of water for free, “because it could be assimilated to a wage”. No, really, college athletes are worse than unpaid.
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Re:I Met Paul Graham Once by rexpop on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @11:24AM (#42781899)
Absolutely. I made my choice, and it was startups > athletics.
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