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> destroyed the yardstick … that has traditionally been used to measure how much they have contributed This goes much broader than mathematics or academia. Thi
by jameshart 5d ago
> destroyed the yardstick … that has traditionally been used to measure how much they have contributed
This goes much broader than mathematics or academia. This is the entire basis via which society distributes its wealth: based on a labour market derived valuation of ‘contribution’.
- palmotea 5d ago> This is the entire basis via which society distributes its wealth: based on a labour market derived valuation of ‘contribution’. Correction: that's not how society distributes its wealth, it's how it throws some bones to the masses. I wouldn't be surprised if over half the wealth goes to people who don't sell their labor at all.