I agree, cc @notch
Kids have good moral intuitions between toddlerhood and adolescence.
Me: The guy who wrote Minecraft made a billion dollars from it. 7 yo: He deserves his money. It's great!
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Agreed. I tried futility to encourage my girls to try building things on the computer as I was at their age. They played minecraft at a friends house for an afternoon and that was the necessary spark to get them making.
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I still play modded Minecraft every day. :)
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Actually its 2 billion dollars.. right
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Meanwhile in Russia, several anti-gaming bureaucrats claim that Minecraft teaches violence. Absurd! Some of my friends started learning programming after playing the game, and they were adults at the time.
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Actually Tetris is a very agressive and violent game.
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Also important to remember, any other game he plays, creator in 99% of the time just got salary at best, because capitalism. Lesson: Own as much as possible of what you make. More % = more $$$
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Owning stakes in your work is a good idea, regardless of whether you intend to exercise it as an individual worker claiming rights to the value you’ve produced, or as a capitalist rent-seeker claiming rights to the derivative value that others have produced for you.
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There were similar games back then, but Minecraft was in the right place, at the right moment, with enough viral force. It was almost pure luck. I don't think luck should be a billionaire's game.
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Luck + talent + hard work. That’s probably the ONLY way to become a billionaire. Turn the dials to different levels depending on each individuals circumstance.
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