From a certain POV, most great people in tech engaged in a lot of child labour. However, we should be careful with such an argument.
Yes, high walls (like minimum wage, child labour laws, etc.) prevent the most extremely poor from competing with everyone else. Those are probably worth building though, if social welfare programs exist.
The natural tendency of competitive processes is to throw away all values in pursuit of the win; in the end, someone has to set a floor.
Yes, high walls (like minimum wage, child labour laws, etc.) prevent the most extremely poor from competing with everyone else. Those are probably worth building though, if social welfare programs exist.
The natural tendency of competitive processes is to throw away all values in pursuit of the win; in the end, someone has to set a floor.