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* from [https://www.facebook.com/groups/674486385982694/permalink/761458527285479/?comment_id=763779440386721 this comment] by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] (for anywhere with a stream of rent/where gullible people exist): | * from [https://www.facebook.com/groups/674486385982694/permalink/761458527285479/?comment_id=763779440386721 this comment] by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]] (for anywhere with a stream of rent/where gullible people exist): | ||
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(i probably need a better title for the thing i am trying to point to)
For a few different values of interests X, I often have thoughts like "Why isn't X more popular? Why doesn't X have a community around it? Why aren't there people getting paid to do X?"
- from this comment by Eliezer Yudkowsky (for anywhere with a stream of rent/where gullible people exist):
- heavy competition
- barriers to keep out new entrants
- considering things more narrowly on topics I care about (e.g. it's true that math itself is pretty popular and people do get paid to research it. it's just my kind of math that is completely unknown.) Whereas for something like mountain climbing or meditation, I am an outsider so everything blends together.
