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Re:Why isn’t New Zealand richer and more productive? by throwawaymsft on Friday April 18, 2014 @02:46PM (#7610606)
The starving artists, musicians, olympic athletes, and startup founders are temporarily not-yet-rich.

Not having won isn't the problem, it's being satisfied and not playing the game which society shuns.

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Re:Why isn’t New Zealand richer and more productive? by niels_olson on Friday April 18, 2014 @10:22PM (#7612329)
For most of those folks, temporary is going to prove to be a very long time.
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