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That was perfectly put. When it comes down to it, making money is the same thing as "extracting value". Hopefully the system provides as much as or more than extracts, but that is very often not the case.


Next up on HN; professional programming is just abstracted rent seeking. Forum implodes.


> Next up on HN; professional programming is just abstracted rent seeking.

Often, yes. It doesn't have to be.

The first step to improving things is admitting there's a problem.


Your last sentence directly contradicts the one right before it.

Value creation is not the same thing as value extraction.




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