Everything that we as humans have touched has been fraught with blessings and curses. We humans have choices, and this was his. I do not fault him, condemn him, persecute him. He did something that he wanted to do, it didn’t work out. He will move on to something better.
An addict is an addict. They loose part of themselves and it doesn’t come back, you get out of their way. I have lived with them for a long time. I also lived with people with severe mental illness. You can offer help but in the end in order to survive you sometimes have to walk away, no matter how much you love them. Eventually each one of has to own up and take responsibility for our actions and inactions. Your comment comes across as judgmental, and rather cruel, grace costs nothing.
With the advent of AI replacing our human endeavors things will get “interesting.” Be kind it’s rough and scary and there are no safety nets for many going through this.
No I don't. Gambling is uniquely exploitative of its customers compared to what industry, puppy cuddling? Sure. But retail? Banking? Tech? The medical industry? Hollywood? All preying on the human weakness of its customers to extract more cash from them. At least the government has actually chosen to regulate this exploitative industry, rather than just bailing it out so it can keep abusing its customer base.
I just don't want to dedicate my life to something that doesn't serve humanity in any way. Nothing good comes from it whatsoever. Few things in life are pure, I agree. But to equate gambling to providing medical care is just ridiculous.
Everything that we as humans have touched has been fraught with blessings and curses. We humans have choices, and this was his. I do not fault him, condemn him, persecute him. He did something that he wanted to do, it didn’t work out. He will move on to something better.
An addict is an addict. They loose part of themselves and it doesn’t come back, you get out of their way. I have lived with them for a long time. I also lived with people with severe mental illness. You can offer help but in the end in order to survive you sometimes have to walk away, no matter how much you love them. Eventually each one of has to own up and take responsibility for our actions and inactions. Your comment comes across as judgmental, and rather cruel, grace costs nothing.
With the advent of AI replacing our human endeavors things will get “interesting.” Be kind it’s rough and scary and there are no safety nets for many going through this.
It’s very hard for me to understand why you’d run willingly into an industry that exploits people.
Agreed.
Hate to break it to you, but every industry exploits people. From your Substack bio I would think you would be aware of that fact....
You don't think the gambling industry is uniquely horrific?
Really?
No I don't. Gambling is uniquely exploitative of its customers compared to what industry, puppy cuddling? Sure. But retail? Banking? Tech? The medical industry? Hollywood? All preying on the human weakness of its customers to extract more cash from them. At least the government has actually chosen to regulate this exploitative industry, rather than just bailing it out so it can keep abusing its customer base.
Yuck.
I just don't want to dedicate my life to something that doesn't serve humanity in any way. Nothing good comes from it whatsoever. Few things in life are pure, I agree. But to equate gambling to providing medical care is just ridiculous.
You do you, I guess?
Why can’t I see the other comments?