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Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by twoodfin on Sunday June 14, 2026 @10:18AM (#48527434)
Why should we only count physical goods as benefits?

That sounds like a pretty impoverished world to live in. No music, no art, no communication with our friends and family beyond speech…

Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by tsimionescu on Sunday June 14, 2026 @10:34AM (#48527588)
I don't think that was the point, you can add those to the physical goods list as well, as well as many other human services (education, cutting hair, open air games, etc).

The point was that the real money comes from finance games, like the stock market, forex trading, etc - things of much more dubious value when you actually look at them objectively.

Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by nradov on Sunday June 14, 2026 @11:15AM (#48528060)
Why should we believe that your opinion is more objective than other market participants?
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by inigyou on Sunday June 14, 2026 @01:00PM (#48529613)
Which opinion?
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by jrm4 on Sunday June 14, 2026 @10:41AM (#48527660)
Percievable goods and services, then.
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by twoodfin on Sunday June 14, 2026 @02:05PM (#48530534)
What’s imperceptible about what, say, Meta produces? It seems to me everything they sell is perceptible and valuable to the corresponding buyer.
Re:How to Earn a Billion Dollars by thelastgallon on Sunday June 14, 2026 @12:40PM (#48529328)
And no nfts and crypto