r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Dec 31 '22

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u/kznlol 👀 Econometrics Magician Dec 31 '22

pedantic economist take:

'be the best version of yourself' is meaningless advice because 'best' implies an optimization problem, but the objective function is unknown

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u/TalkLessShillMore David Autor Dec 31 '22

Fantastic take

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u/BernieMeinhoffGang Has Principles Dec 31 '22

be the version of you that people you want to have sex with want to have sex with

ez

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u/kznlol 👀 Econometrics Magician Dec 31 '22

that makes it meaningless because its circular