Le 02/01/2013 18:42, Oliver Keyes a écrit :
On 2 January 2013 19:25, cyrano <[email protected]> wrote:
You're comparing your standard of living with extreme ways of life, and
you reach the conclusion that yours is moderate. However, if you compare
with the rest of mankind, you're still getting things that 99% of them
don't get.
I think that's probably true, but the fact of the matter is that Leslie is
not saying "here is an extremity, I get less" - she's saying "here is an
extremity that is Standard Operating Procedure at
Facebook/Google/Twitter//insertyourorgofchoice, where almost any of us
could get a job...I get less". In the context of a conversation comparing
WMF benefits with those of similar orgs in the Bay Area that makes total
sense as a statement. I would agree that it is better than 99 percent of
humanity, but I'm not sure who *dis*agrees with that statement: you appear
to be arguing against a position that hasn't been made.
I'm proud of people like Leslie who work for less money than other
opportunities but for a cause. They stand for their beliefs and their
values, I strongly respect that.
Yet the money of the donations, which is given for a universal cause, is
paying an incredibly tiny subset of humanity with very expensive
standards of life. I think that's something pertinent to consider given
the topic.
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