Comments on: BRW Rich List 200: a sneak peek http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/brw-rich-list-200-a-sneak-peek/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stilgherrian http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/brw-rich-list-200-a-sneak-peek/#comment-27267 Stilgherrian Mon, 25 May 2009 09:30:45 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60907#comment-27267 While there are doubtless many uses for these Rich 200 lists, and compiling them must be a glorious <em>tour de force of business intelligence work, I can't help but thinking they promote the wrong sort of values. Folks are lauded as "winners" for compiling a horde of wealth -- and sitting on it, like a dragon in its lair. Wouldn't it be better to praise folks who gather resources and then </em><em>use</em><em> to accomplish something? How would we measure that?</em> While there are doubtless many uses for these Rich 200 lists, and compiling them must be a glorious tour de force of business intelligence work, I can’t help but thinking they promote the wrong sort of values. Folks are lauded as “winners” for compiling a horde of wealth — and sitting on it, like a dragon in its lair.

Wouldn’t it be better to praise folks who gather resources and then use to accomplish something? How would we measure that?

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