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ProfessorGAC

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3. I Don't Think Societal Value, As Typically Defined, Enters The Equation

Reply to RandySF (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 23, 2024, 11:39 AM

Aug 2024

These people have unique abilities in games everyone has played.
So, they provide entertainment doing something at a level the rest of us can only imagine.
If providing entertainment has societal value, then they are contributing.
If one think entertainment doesn't really provide value, then they're not.
Matter of perspective, I'd guess.

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Salaries Will Go Up Soon ProfessorGAC Aug 2024 #1

I often question the value a professional athlete adds to society. RandySF Aug 2024 #2

I Don't Think Societal Value, As Typically Defined, Enters The Equation ProfessorGAC Aug 2024 #3