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>Moreover, were we to publish the entirety of our holdings we, or any other company for that matter, could find ourselves mired down in a series of tactical dec

>Moreover, were we to publish the entirety of our holdings we, or any other company for that matter, could find ourselves mired down in a series of tactical declaratory judgments and reexaminations. Yeah, obviously they don't want to be involved in a bunch of frivolous lawsuits....

jeltz 14y ago
Indeed, then they would not be able to focus on their business.
- ristocat 14y ago
  The business of miring companies down in a series of tactical declaratory judgments and reexaminations.
  - angersock 14y ago
    Really, it's a shame, being distracted from your primary revenue stream in an economy like this.
pi18n 14y ago
It's hard to see something so objectively unethical defended by unethical people, and know that they are economically successful.
- DannyBee 14y ago
  I don't see why it's hard? I mean, did you really expect them to say something else. It's not like they were going to say "yeah we're assholes, but don't hate tha playa, hate the game"
  - jmcqk6 14y ago
    Not the person you're replying to, but I actually think if they said something like you suggest, it would be better. At least there would be agreement in principle. They would still be assholes, but they would be admitting it. The way things currently are, they think they're righteous crusaders, and that's much worse.
    - DannyBee 14y ago
      Oh, i don't disagree that would be better, i just don't see why it's hard to watch them play crusader. It's what you should expect.
      - andrewcooke 14y ago
        people have two very different mechanisms for making decisions. one is fast and heuristic, the other slow and logical. they are described in great detail in the book "thinking fast and slow" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow the reason for the discrepancy between emotion and logic reported by the person you're talking to (and more or less anyone who's not incredibly autistic) is because emotional responses tend to be connected to the first (fast, unreliable) mechanism which picks up on things like apparent injustice (but ignores, for example, calculations based on supply and demand). so it's quite normal to feel something that is at odds with what you would logically expect.
      - MaysonL 14y ago
        I think pi18n used "hard" in the sense of harsh, painful as in "hard times", "hard luck", not the sense of difficult.
        pi18n 14y ago
        Yes that was it. I didn't know it was a contentious word at the time.
  - ihsw 14y ago
    Personally I was waiting to hear something cathartic like Larry Page's 'capitalism' rhetoric.

jeltz 14y ago

Indeed, then they would not be able to focus on their business.

ristocat 14y ago
The business of miring companies down in a series of tactical declaratory judgments and reexaminations.
- angersock 14y ago
  Really, it's a shame, being distracted from your primary revenue stream in an economy like this.

pi18n 14y ago

It's hard to see something so objectively unethical defended by unethical people, and know that they are economically successful.

DannyBee 14y ago
I don't see why it's hard? I mean, did you really expect them to say something else. It's not like they were going to say "yeah we're assholes, but don't hate tha playa, hate the game"
- jmcqk6 14y ago
  Not the person you're replying to, but I actually think if they said something like you suggest, it would be better. At least there would be agreement in principle. They would still be assholes, but they would be admitting it. The way things currently are, they think they're righteous crusaders, and that's much worse.
  - DannyBee 14y ago
    Oh, i don't disagree that would be better, i just don't see why it's hard to watch them play crusader. It's what you should expect.
    - andrewcooke 14y ago
      people have two very different mechanisms for making decisions. one is fast and heuristic, the other slow and logical. they are described in great detail in the book "thinking fast and slow" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow the reason for the discrepancy between emotion and logic reported by the person you're talking to (and more or less anyone who's not incredibly autistic) is because emotional responses tend to be connected to the first (fast, unreliable) mechanism which picks up on things like apparent injustice (but ignores, for example, calculations based on supply and demand). so it's quite normal to feel something that is at odds with what you would logically expect.
    - MaysonL 14y ago
      I think pi18n used "hard" in the sense of harsh, painful as in "hard times", "hard luck", not the sense of difficult.
      - pi18n 14y ago
        Yes that was it. I didn't know it was a contentious word at the time.
- ihsw 14y ago
  Personally I was waiting to hear something cathartic like Larry Page's 'capitalism' rhetoric.