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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      26/ my friend @Spivonomist captured some thoughts that I had ( vaguely and imperfectly) very very well

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      27/ Conditions for Exchange to be "Euvoluntary" (1) conventional ownership (2) conventional capacity to buy/sell (3) absence of regret (4) no uncompensated externalities (5) neither party coerced by human agency

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      28/ (6) neither party coerced by circumstance; the disparity in BATNAs is not "too large" http://euvoluntaryexchange.blogspot.com/ 

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      29/ There is a lot of interesting thinking at the intersection of economics and ethics. (Btw, I've got to get back to Deidre McClosky's The Bourgeois Virtues )

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      30/ Another interesting aspect is how we treat our friends vs how we treat commercial institutions. Sometimes we treat our friends worse. Sometimes much MUCH worse.

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      31/ I went into a business deal with a friend once (initiated by her, not me). Bent over backwards to give her sweetheart terms, bc I wanted her to succeed.

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      32/ TLDR: I gave her $10k of inventory and $5k of cash in a checking account, for $1. Yes, I handed her a bank account with $5k of cash in it. I really REALLY wanted her to succeed.

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      33/ She'd been a friend for 20 years.

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      34/ But as part of the bill of sale / contract, I put in a clause "if you sell this company or its assets within 10 years, I get a portion of it back. If you shut down, I get the stuff back." When we sat down to sign it I specifically called her attention to this clause.

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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      35/ 14 months later she'd driven the firm into the ground. Reports from people close by say that she was working 20 hour weeks, not executing against the business plan, watching TV at work, etc. So she shut it down / sold the assets.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

      36/ ...and stiffed me with an unpaid $7,000 contracting bill. ...all while paying herself off the books (nominal, but noticeable amounts.) How do I know? I had the bank statements.

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          37/ So then, in addition to trying to stiff me on the bill, she also refused to pay me my 45% share of the inventory liquidation. She asked me to forego my salary so she could pay another other debt to a friend of hers...who had been nice to her.

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          38/ She was overheard bad mouthing me to her landlord as "that asshole". etc.

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          39/ An agreement was later reached that, because of cash flow issues, I need not be paid then, but I WOULD be paid in a year or two when some real estate was liquidated.

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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          40/ Of course, when the real estate WAS liquidated, (a) part of it went to take a "well earned vacation", (b) I didn't deserve to get any of it because she really REALLY wanted to establish a nest egg.

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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          41/ In the end, I did get my $7k. But it spelled the final nail in the coffin of the friendship. Now, here's the hilarious part: After fighting for months to get my $7k, the next day she got a credit card bill for $5k ...which she paid with the remainder of the real estate $

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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          42/ That contrast amazed me. I, a friend of 20 years, who had handed her $15,000 worth of cash and inventory, had to fight for months to get paid $7k. ...but the credit card firm gets paid with zero questions asked.

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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          43/ The reason why? The credit card debt was "real". The debt to me was fake. You don't !@#$ around with CitiCorp ...but good old Travis? He's a FRIEND. He HELPS us. That's what he's there for. smdh

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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          44/ 20+ years of friendship, and she took a $15,000 gift and turned it into a funeral pyre bc she wanted to claw another $7k out of me.

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        10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          45/ So my take home re all of this: treat your friends BETTER than you treat your credit card company. treat your farm hands BETTER than you treat FedEx treat your baby sitter BETTER than you treat Costco

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        11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

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          46/ https://twitter.com/ThalesLives/status/960559232528633858 …

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        12. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Azathoth Liberation Front

          47/ hah. :) yeah, that sucks. I should prob open source my article. ...not that anyone wants it.https://twitter.com/TristanSevers/status/960559692362625024 …

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          Azathoth Liberation Front @TristanSevers
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          Ha. I have slightly mixed emotions about this though, because TSR's lackadaisical IP management is why we can't buy the Dragon compilation anymore.
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        13. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

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          48/ I linked to this thread earlier...but read the whole thing. https://twitter.com/ThalesLives/status/960559232528633858 …

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        14. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          49/ so anyway, circling back to the beginning, I played the game with Hasbro a bit sharply. I didn't lie to them. I didn't say "yes, I will ask the court to delay the hearing". ...but I DID let them create for themselves the impression that they had another week or so.

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        15. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          50/ How do I justify this? a) they were in the wrong, and not accidentally so - I had sent them a registered letter a YEAR BEFORE the publication date. They escalated to "sharp". b) technically I didn't lie; I was agreed to their wording. c) ...

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        16. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          51/ c) to actually delay the court date would have put a lot more tasks on my plate: i) contact the court ii) ask for a delay iii) rearrange my schedule (I'd already taken the next morning off from work) iv) etc.

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        17. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          52/ They de facto were asking me to do all those things, but (a) were offering no compensation, (b) didn't even explicitly state what they were wanted.

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        18. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          53/ In an iterated game with a real person (e.g. a farmhand) who I felt warmly towards, that'd be THREE different reasons to play in cooperative mode. In a non-iterated game with a corporation who had wronged me first...that's not a time for cooperative gameplay. Play to win.

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        19. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

          54/ This is a great question.https://twitter.com/debeehr/status/960563020337467392 …

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          John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt @debeehr
          Replying to @MorlockP @amyalkon
          What wd you have done if he said “Oh, 10 bucks” (i.e. less than you were thinking of paying) or even “I’ll do it for free?”
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        20. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          55/ I always insist that my people get paid. I've had situations where a laborer stacks lumber in location X not Y, where I asked. ...because of honest miscommunication. And he's said "oh, knock those two hours off my bill". And I refuse. "No, man. You worked. You get paid."

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        21. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          56/ If I'm sitting inside at the keyboard in the AC and some poor bastard is working in 90 degree weather, an honest mistake is no reason to short him. WORK GETS PAID. YOU ALWAYS PAY YOUR PEOPLE. ...AND YOU PAY THEM FIRST.

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        22. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          57/ I ran a firm for 15 years. My people got paid every two weeks, like clockwork. I skipped paychecks. My people never did. When someone is good enough to do work for you, you bend heaven and earth to pay them. ...and if you can't, you don't accept the labor.

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        23. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          58/ So if farmhand had said a fair price, I would have paid him that. If he said "free", I would have refused, and offered a fair price. If (as he did) he said 4x fair price, I would refuse.

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        24. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Random Guy

          59/https://twitter.com/NNJ_Taxman/status/960564494404608001 …

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          Random Guy @NotNJ_Taxman
          I appreciate this Thread, as an Accountant who works in a private business it have "clients" try to get free info from me all the time for $0 paid to me. https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/960539254542696448 …
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        25. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Cargar Dolor

          60/ Nice analogy:https://twitter.com/k_d_payne/status/960564593788641280 …

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          Cargar Dolor @k_d_payne
          "Tie off the bag before it's full." https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/960556423150219264 …
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        26. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

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          61/ And we get into an interesting space: a friend who I've NEVER employed? I'd take the favor from him. ...but a history of employment, and a task in a similar space? Gotta pay for that labor.https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/960564864157671424 …

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          58/ So if farmhand had said a fair price, I would have paid him that. If he said "free", I would have refused, and offered a fair price. If (as he did) he said 4x fair price, I would refuse.
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        27. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          62/ If you have friends help you paint your living room, you can "pay" them in pizza. ...but if you've got a friend who paints for a living, and he helps, you gotta pay him either in cash or in trade.

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        28. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Greg Monforton

          63/ No. I had misgivings. ("she's not going to be able to pull this off...but MAYBE she can rise to the occasion ?") Never thought the loss could be greater than the initial gift. I was wrong.https://twitter.com/GregM410/status/960571639392948225 …

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          Greg Monforton @GregM410
          Replying to @MorlockP @amyalkon @Spivonomist
          Same circumstances, different friend, would you do it again? If so would you change anything?
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        29. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          64/ So I see that I'm picking up a lot of new followers today because of this "business ethics" thread. If you like ethics, morality, prudence, pragmatism, etc., and also like rip-roaring science fiction, you might enjoy my novel People say it's good. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6 pic.twitter.com/5DNKWqIIpe

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        30. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 5 Feb 2018

          65/ (That's not to say that this is a boring novel of business ethnics. It's an exciting novel with gun fights, swarms of drones, nuclear explosions, anti-gravity, snipers, AI, uplifted dogs, and very very big guns.)

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