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0 pointschaostheory3y ago0 comments

Yeah, that parable only works if you don’t have children and you live in a country with a large social safety net with a large economy to support it. Of course, if too many people take the fisherman’s route, there won’t be a large enough economy to support that social safety net.

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maccard3y ago· 2 in thread

That's a very literal interpretation of the story. Another interpretation is that there are multiple paths to your goals that can be very very different and lead to the same destination.

Dudeman1123y ago

>Another interpretation is that there are multiple paths to your goals that can be very very different and lead to the same destination

That's a very generous interpretation of the story that ignores the adjectives used to describe the businessman and the fisherman

chaostheoryOP3y ago

Because imo it’s not a very useful parable. It ignores a good portion of reality in order to make its narrative work.

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