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Comment by Mahsaaden | Hacker News Reader

i think it's pretty clear what pg means. more useful products = more money = better outcomes in life. no one wants more pins and posters of some artist's OCs, they want software that helps the world and actually changes lives for the better. studio pottery won't do that.

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I've written software that has had a big impact, on a lot of lives. I'm still doing it.

I haven't been paid a dime for it, and I'm quite happy with that.

I don't think PG, or any VCs would be at all interested in my work. They might like the work, itself, but it's not gonna make anyone rich.

Can you please share some more about what you’ve done.

Not in the public forum. The very last thing our service needs, is thousands of curious geeks, signing up throwaways.

If you really want, you can figure it out, from my GH page, or send me a message.

To be clear, I like the idea of making something really useful and being rewarded from bettering other people's lives. I don't doubt that if you make something really useful for the world, you can gain a lot from it.

But when people talk about fairness, (I assume) they're usually thinking about the successful scammers, predatory practices, people not contributing to the world yet profiting a lot from it. They may also think about "essential workers" who, in contrast, may live paycheck to paycheck.

It becomes blurrier to me when I think about who "deserves" what.

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