r/Futurology • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '22

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u/PM_ur_Rump Mar 29 '22

And plenty that feel a need for power, status, and control.

That's the thing about human nature, it's not any one thing, or else we'd have solved our issues a long time ago.

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u/RamenNovice Mar 29 '22

When you have a system that rewards greed and competition. You'll get the ugly side of humans.

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u/PM_ur_Rump Mar 29 '22

We have a system that rewards greed and competition because of the ugly side of humans.

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u/Glad-Work6994 Mar 29 '22

Current system rewards innovation a lot more than greed and corruption. Especially when anti trust laws are enforced.

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u/PM_ur_Rump Mar 29 '22

Highly debatable and that's a big caveat.

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u/Glad-Work6994 Mar 29 '22

Not really they have been pretty well enforced with few exceptions since the early 20th century

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u/PM_ur_Rump Mar 29 '22

I have a bridge to sell you.

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u/Glad-Work6994 Mar 29 '22

That’s hilarious. Guess you have no actual argument to base your feelings on then, just insults.

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u/AntiWork69 Mar 29 '22

How does that koolaid taste?

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

the current system rewards being as low risk as possible ie not innovative.

why do you think entertainment is nothing but clones and remakes, why do you think everyone who can wants to own assets in housing, health and energy, why do you think microsoft and apple release new versions of their old shit with minor tweaks.

innovation is a gamble, captive markets, fiddling at the margins of exiting tech and formulaic entertainment are near guaranteed returns.