Comments on: Entrepreneurs are the heroes of the world http://fearlessmoney.com/2007/entrepreneurs-are-the-heroes-of-the-world/ Just another Ecomsmith Blogs site Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bruce http://fearlessmoney.com/2007/entrepreneurs-are-the-heroes-of-the-world/#comment-319 Bruce Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:13:24 +0000 http://fearlessmoney.com/2007/entrepreneurs-are-the-heroes-of-the-world.html#comment-319 Good to hear from you Chris. I hope all is well in your new position. My counter-argument is that the wealth & technology generated by entrepreneurs is basically the only chance we have to dig our way out of the environmental hole. Good to hear from you Chris. I hope all is well in your new position.

My counter-argument is that the wealth & technology generated by entrepreneurs is basically the only chance we have to dig our way out of the environmental hole.

]]> By: Chris Meldrum http://fearlessmoney.com/2007/entrepreneurs-are-the-heroes-of-the-world/#comment-318 Chris Meldrum Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:07:27 +0000 http://fearlessmoney.com/2007/entrepreneurs-are-the-heroes-of-the-world.html#comment-318 Hey Bruce, long time no see! I like the site and I agree with what I take to be the basic principle underlying most of what you're talking about: Being an employee is a suckers bet. If you want control of your life and your income, stop being a worker bee making someone else rich. I do take issue with the fairly one-sided and rosy picture you paint of entrepreneurship. Yes, it has had all of the benefits you enumerated, but it comes with a price: Environmental degradation, overpopulation, economic exploitation, high levels of personal debt, consumer culture, etc... It could be argues that increased wealth and longer lifespans fly in the face of what Mother Nature intended. We've thrown off her equilibrium. What's going to happen when she makes corrections? Maybe we've bought X number of generations a better quality of life (for some), but it's not sustainable. Just my two cents. Good luck striking out on your own! Hey Bruce, long time no see!

I like the site and I agree with what I take to be the basic principle underlying most of what you’re talking about: Being an employee is a suckers bet. If you want control of your life and your income, stop being a worker bee making someone else rich.

I do take issue with the fairly one-sided and rosy picture you paint of entrepreneurship. Yes, it has had all of the benefits you enumerated, but it comes with a price: Environmental degradation, overpopulation, economic exploitation, high levels of personal debt, consumer culture, etc…

It could be argues that increased wealth and longer lifespans fly in the face of what Mother Nature intended. We’ve thrown off her equilibrium. What’s going to happen when she makes corrections? Maybe we’ve bought X number of generations a better quality of life (for some), but it’s not sustainable.

Just my two cents.

Good luck striking out on your own!

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