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by lmm 3299 days ago
Well, why not?

If those "thinkers" were really contributing something valuable, that will show up in ROI. If you don't agree with that measure, how do you propose to eliminate completely useless classes and make space for better alternatives? Do you just assume that any classes that are part of the status quo must be valuable?
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bbcbasic 3298 days ago
Value for society != Roi

There are so many examples of this I don't know where to begin. Ok I'll start: Fracking.

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lmm 3298 days ago
Externalities are a small, specific issue and we have ways of dealing with them. Again, how do you propose to measure this "value for society"?
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bbcbasic 3298 days ago
Externialities. Like climate change? Yep we've got that under complete control.

Another good example of chasing the mighty fractionally reserved greenback:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14495950

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lmm 3297 days ago
So do you have a proposed improvement? I think taking schooling time away from history and sport and putting it towards coding would make us more, not less, likely to solve climate change.
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