On: Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about happiness

[jstanley]

I'm not sure I buy it. You don't get to be a billionaire by being net harmful, you do it by selling goods and services that people want, at scale, and capturing a portion of the wealth you created.

[NegativeK → jstanley]

There are quite a few businesses that made a lot of money selling net harmful goods. Tobacco and Oxycontin come to mind.

But even selling things that help people doesn’t absolve or prevent someone from doing evil things before or after they hit some specific valuation.