Oh, dear, I’m afraid I haven’t expressed myself clearly. I agree with you on all of these points! It is honorable to create goods or services that people want and then to make money selling them. Wealth is not a zero-sum game; I totally, totally agree. To clarify my intentions, I was not objecting to the suggestion that nerdy male LessWrongers should make money; I was objecting to the suggestion that they should relinquish their allegedly “weak” personalities to better seek power and status and sex. Sorry this wasn’t clearer in my original comment.
I was objecting to the suggestion that they should relinquish their allegedly “weak” personalities to better seek power and status and sex. Sorry this wasn’t clearer in my original comment.
Ok, I disagree. If you had power and status, you could actually change the world.
Deciding not to change the world is actually rather evil, considering how much danger it is in, and how many people are dying per day, etc.
Oh, dear, I’m afraid I haven’t expressed myself clearly. I agree with you on all of these points! It is honorable to create goods or services that people want and then to make money selling them. Wealth is not a zero-sum game; I totally, totally agree. To clarify my intentions, I was not objecting to the suggestion that nerdy male LessWrongers should make money; I was objecting to the suggestion that they should relinquish their allegedly “weak” personalities to better seek power and status and sex. Sorry this wasn’t clearer in my original comment.
Ok, I disagree. If you had power and status, you could actually change the world.
Deciding not to change the world is actually rather evil, considering how much danger it is in, and how many people are dying per day, etc.
ZM, I like you, but you are in denial ;-0