That kind of business owner is more common than you might think

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BuckGalaxy — 4/21/2023 7:29:35 PM (archived)

I've known many business owners like that. Produciton company owners who love to make films. Restaraunt owners who love cooking. Private doctors who care foremost about healing their patients. Dance comapny owners who love to dance and love to teach it. The list goes on and on. I too admire that type of businessperson over the simple investor in it to make a profit.

But there is a benefit to the profit motive. It creates an economic system that encourages invention, innovation and progress, all of which have vastly improved the human condition.

I hope you take the time to read this article about progress. It's quite interesting and informative:

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23627382/progress-climate-change-poverty-global-health-doom-industrial-revolution-vaccines

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AI, Dios Mío! - ER - 4/16/2023 5:07:34 PM
- Should I move this to Flame? - podrock - 4/22/2023 5:11:22 PM
- Would you trust yourself to build an ethical AI? - BuckGalaxy - 4/18/2023 6:10:32 PM
  - Of course not. - ER - 4/19/2023 2:31:22 PM
    - And, it just occurred to me... - ER - 4/19/2023 3:02:34 PM
      - I agree with everything you just said, except... - BuckGalaxy - 4/19/2023 11:30:33 PM
        
        I agree with everything you just said, except... - ER - 4/20/2023 2:20:21 AM
        
        Reflexive need - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 10:15:44 AM
        
        So much right and so much wrong - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 4:13:29 AM
        
        A zero sum-game. - ER - 4/20/2023 2:13:38 PM
        
        You've got it backwards - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 6:24:58 PM
        
        New Maps of Hell - ER - 4/20/2023 1:49:54 PM
        
        Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 9:51:09 AM
        
        Its not the "creators" I mistrust. - ER - 4/20/2023 2:03:57 PM
        
        What you always seem to miss - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 6:32:48 PM
        
        If I need a lawyer, I'll hire one in a heartbeat. - ER - 4/20/2023 7:20:03 PM
        
        Slimy Lawyers - BuckGalaxy - 4/20/2023 11:33:13 PM
        
        Yeah, some are nice guys. - ER - 4/21/2023 1:30:53 AM
        
        A noticeable omission - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 2:03:19 AM
        
        No, I made an edit while you were typing.l - ER - 4/21/2023 2:52:34 AM
        
        An afterthought is better than none at all I suppose - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 3:20:34 AM
        
        As for the businessman, - ER - 4/21/2023 2:35:46 PM
        
        That kind of business owner is more common than you might think - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 7:29:35 PM
        
        I have no problem with the individual entrepreneur chasing a dream. - ER - 4/21/2023 8:00:15 PM
        
        Investment money doesn't just reward investors - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 9:46:25 PM
        
        Making dreams come true - BuckGalaxy - 4/21/2023 9:57:58 PM
        
        Enough! - podrock - 4/21/2023 11:37:33 PM
        
        In my town - ER - 4/22/2023 3:43:55 AM
        
        Wow talk about "sliding off the edge"!! - BuckGalaxy - 4/22/2023 4:01:25 AM
        
        Meltdown? - podrock - 4/22/2023 2:01:41 PM
        
        And the bees made honey in the lion's head. - ER - 4/22/2023 4:45:15 AM
        
        I expected more from you guys - BuckGalaxy - 4/22/2023 7:53:21 AM
        
        Wait a minute - podrock - 4/22/2023 4:00:48 PM
        
        Try to think somehitng for a minute - BuckGalaxy - 4/22/2023 6:03:49 PM
        
        Shall we start a new thread? - podrock - 4/22/2023 7:07:45 PM
        
        You're the one having trouble focusing - ER - 4/22/2023 3:51:17 PM
        
        Amateur psychology - BuckGalaxy - 4/22/2023 4:59:17 PM
- Dying Inside - ER - 4/17/2023 1:01:35 AM
  - I would probably fail a Turing test. - podrock - 4/18/2023 3:00:47 AM
    - Something else, though, - podrock - 4/18/2023 3:37:20 AM
    - You don't need high tech to create a benign tyranny. - ER - 4/18/2023 3:31:44 AM
      - The gilded cage? - podrock - 4/18/2023 3:52:06 AM

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