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by AnimalMuppet 14 hours ago
> Chasing money and making money is a virtue.

Depends on your definitions.

If by "chasing money", you mean "I want money, so I'm going to find out what people want badly enough to pay for, and I'm going to figure out a way to make that in a way that lets me profit", that may not be virtuous in a purely moral sense, but it's at least likely to lead to a virtuous outcome.

If by "chasing money", you mean "I want money, so I'll do whatever is the easiest way to make money, and that seems to be scams and grift so I'll start there", then no, there's nothing virtuous whatsoever there.

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I'm fairly sure that PG refers to the first one. The ventures he has backed and the ones he is proud of are the first kind.