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lotsofpulptoday at 10:51 AM1 replyview on HN

Tech companies, pharmaceutical companies, real estate development companies, banks, and others plan for decades.

People also lend money and invest in equities like index funds to plan for decades.


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cucumber3732842today at 11:13 AM

None of those industries create the material or social plenty that make us all richer.

You cannot eat real estate or stock options, the medical industry is a drag on us all though obviously you can cherry pick examples where things don't look perverse.

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