• Semjaza
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    4 days ago

    What about a world where we both have $2,000?

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      Having $2,000 is better than having $2, but in practice I’m usually skeptical that plans to achieve an outcome like that will work out rather than failing and leaving both of us with $1. The manner in which the outcome would be achieved also matters - some of the plans seem to me like proposals to just steal the money and I object to that on moral rather than economic principles.

      (I don’t mean to imply that people I disagree with think that stealing is OK, but rather that they and I don’t agree on the definition of stealing.)

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        3 days ago

        That’s fair and reasonable.

        I’m curious about the risk-reward chart, where how much you’d both need to end up with at what chance/via what methods to make you be for it.

        (I’m probably one who you’ll disagree with a lot, as I think stealing can be OK.)