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calvinmorrisonyesterday at 9:58 PM3 repliesview on HN

Private equity didn't. People did. We really need to get rid of limited liability and corporate fictions.


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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 12:37 AM

I’ll generally defend PE. But when it comes to healthcare, private ownership and leverage are just a bad mix.

gotwazyesterday at 11:03 PM

People created limited liability and private equity. Fiction is not something you get rid off. Its something you live with. It is a permanent side effect of how the over rated Humam Brain works. The brain makes predictions over multiple time horizons. When there are contradictions between these predictions how is the 3 inch chimp brain supposed to handle it while not splitting? Make up a story for the sake of coherence. Everyone is doing it everyday. They are all making up fictions to handle unpredictability.

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giwookyesterday at 10:08 PM

The intentions may be good but that's unlikely to happen in our lifetime.

What might be a more feasible solution?

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