Re: On people who play poker for a living
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Economic models are based on the assumption that all participants in the economy are rational.
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This sounds like a pretty strict model. You mean to tell us that there is no slack built into these models for irrationality?
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Essentially, we're getting money without providing a service to anyone.
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"Essentially" I agree, but taken in the context of people with a desire to play, it is providing a service. Similar to someone else's argument from this thread that a fashion designer does not contribute to society. That would be MY society because I don't care about fashion. But I do care about poker. It comes down to personal preferences.
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I'm trying to think of a profession that provides less to society than poker, and I can't
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