http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-06/guest-post-why-our-current-way-living-has-no-future
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-06/guest-post-30-facts-coming-water-crisis-will-change-everything We are trapped in bullshit notions of what it is to be human - all of us could have decent lives without billionaires and other arses. On 7 Mar, 16:19, nominal9 <nomin...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello stephenk..... you can be contrarian... I don't object.... you can > speak your mind in any way, it's your (everyone's) right that I never > contest.... besides, you seem to be a "good" person, too..... > I guess, in one sense, it gets to be a matter of semantics or > definition.... "entrepreneur".... as distinguished from, say...maybe.... > venture capitalist....I don't mind the actual "creator" of something, > object (product) or business (service), etc...but those that just "game" > the system.... they are just parasites that often wind up killing the > host.... I opine... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur > > http://anthillonline.com/the-entrepreneur-vs-venture-capitalist-2/ > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investor > > > > > > > > On Thursday, March 7, 2013 10:49:23 AM UTC-5, stephenk wrote: > > > On 3/7/2013 10:30 AM, nominal9 wrote: > > > I go with the "sequestrate their assets" part... but the letting them > > > go part I'm against... As "entrepreneurs", such people would just > > > "steal" their way back up to wealth, without actually creating > > > anything beneficial for any economy, like jobs or even "products" to > > > speak of..... > > > Hi Nom, > > > Not to be merely contrarian, but how is *wealth* created in your > > theory of the world? Does "risk" exist in any positive sense in your > > model? I would like to understand your thoughts. If there is a way to > > define wealth creation that is not, in some way, a form of exploitation > > of one entity of another, please explain. > > Can entrepreneurship be a mutually beneficial process of wealth > > generation to and for all involved in a way that does not require > > top-down controls? I think it can... > > > -- > > Onward! > > > Stephen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.