aspirations

Aren't you making some kind of sweeping implicit assumption about the ethics/goals/aspirations of this hypothetical rational actor?

What would be the point, except for some flowery aspirations (by dead aspirants) of beauty and perfection?

Senior Mobile Engineer - We have aspirations of building native mobile applications, but nobody to do it.

It's an inherent flaw in what folks like Homejoy were doing (although they had aspirations of a larger vertical focus).

For example, my wife's hometown in Hunan (Chenzhou) has big aspirations but very little to offer.

That's why its important to be around people with aspirations and goals; who believe in possibilities.

How do you know that McDonald workers want just this and don't have higher aspirations?

I tried to play Counter Strike online but for some reason even without any professional aspirations I felt kind of handicapped.

That said, I actually really admire Elon from the perspective of his aspirations.

In the meantime, its design is not giving me signals of reliability, though I can see it has those aspirations (from its 'about' page).

So 'don't do pure math' (or art, or music, or theoretical CS) is good as a personal goal for someone with utilitarian aspirations, but is inappropriate 'public policy'.

Airbnb clearly has product aspirations beyond home/room/yurt rentals.

Some people have other goals, hopes and aspirations, without that making them "bad" people.

The subtitling on Amara is completed on both volunteer and paid basis (depending on project), and as we grow, we’re asking: "how do we build a more equitable future of work?" These goals and aspirations make PCF and Amara a fun and unique org.

Dear [here I'll say it for you] But-I-am-not-a-geek: Obviously you are neither interested in the non-people-oriented;) aspects of "technology" nor are you (or your university for that matter) projecting any signs of aspirations to the heights of application of "mathematics".