The phrase “leading to the future” is a common phrase when a middle-aged man who is always in the dark “rewards and punishes” a young man for one’s past performance.

In a society of good people, this is a positive value transaction

  • Bad people mimic that trade.
    • Imitates a transaction of positive value so it can be misinterpreted as positive value
    • Mislead people into making transactions of negative value.
    • Bad people gain in the short term.

As this information spreads, people will think, “This is a negative value transaction.”

  • That would make the bad guy’s scheme untenable.
  • But the “positive value transaction” that was causing long-term value creation also ceases to exist at the same time.

I wonder which is better for society as a whole.


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