>> BRIAN: It's obvious to me that there's a feedback loop involved in #wealth, which to say if you get a little bit #rich, you are very likely to get richer. It works the other way 'round with #poverty - if you get poor, you’re very likely to get poorer, so those things are not self-correcting...it doesn't work. There's not the #TrickleDownTheory that people used to believe in...that it's good for people to get rich 'cuz that money gets dispersed among poorer people so it helps them.
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>> If I ever make a lot of money I'm not going to be thinking about going to Mars or making myself a damn bunker in Hawaii. I'm going to think about young'uns getting clean food and water.
If *I* ever make a lot of money, I'd make sure it #trickleDown to ameliorate the condition of homeless, and educate them with hope that at least some of them will strike it rich and continue this #trickleDownTheory
#TrickleDownTheory applied to #ClimateCrisis.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/12/world/himalayan-glaciers-cooling-air-climate-scn/index.html
Tools built to meet corporate needs do not magically “trickle down” to meet the needs of everyday people.
#trickleDownTheory #openSource #foss #corporate #human #BigTech #SmallTech
Analyst Hyacinth, in the moss
Ramesh #NotGoingBack
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