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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·3 days agoAgriculture is gambling. It’s also the origin of interest.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·3 days agoNo, because you still have to do work and make a product when farming. The same can’t be said for gambling.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·3 days ago gambling the activity of risking money on the result of something, such as a game or horse race, hoping to make money Agriculture fits: you put in resources and hope that weather/pests/etc. will leave enough for you to survive
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoYeah, everything is gambling. Real deep.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIt actually is, unironically. Goes to “your breath is gambling” level deep and more
minus-squareEquinox1289@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoAgriculture is a low risk bet that is that reduces variability and isn’t all or nothing. Gambling is a high risk/reward zero-sum game.
minus-squareShanmugha@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoReducing variability is just how we are doing it now, not what it is. And I can just as well not bet all my money in one go. Besides, seen recent (last decade) news on climate changes? Doesn’t look like low risk for agriculture to me
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoI’m pretty sure hunting and foraging is gambling too.
Agriculture is gambling.
It’s also the origin of interest.
No, because you still have to do work and make a product when farming. The same can’t be said for gambling.
the activity of risking money on the result of something, such as a game or horse race, hoping to make money
Agriculture fits: you put in resources and hope that weather/pests/etc. will leave enough for you to survive
Yeah, everything is gambling. Real deep.
It actually is, unironically. Goes to “your breath is gambling” level deep and more
Agriculture is a low risk bet that is that reduces variability and isn’t all or nothing. Gambling is a high risk/reward zero-sum game.
Reducing variability is just how we are doing it now, not what it is. And I can just as well not bet all my money in one go. Besides, seen recent (last decade) news on climate changes? Doesn’t look like low risk for agriculture to me
I’m pretty sure hunting and foraging is gambling too.
No, that’s gaming