Hacker News: jdthorpehttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jdthorpeHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:52:10 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by jdthorpe in "Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans"]]>FWIW, you don't actually have to return the wallet to claim you returned the wallet. In fact, you don't even have to find one. The fact that lost wallets get returned makes me think telling people about it is not the motivation.

]]>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:22:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50216183jdthorpehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50216183https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50216183<![CDATA[New comment by jdthorpe in "Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans"]]>I like the wallet example. Back in 2005, I found a wallet on the street with $3000 inside, and spent the rest of the day tracking down the owner. (Turned out it was a student's rent for her summer internship). Then maybe 2 months later I lost my wallet and a week later it showed up in my mailbox, cash and all -- someone took the time and their own money (as far as I could tell) to send it back to me.

And just to prove that I'm an irrational human, for the last 21 years every time I pass the spot where I found the wallet I can't help but look around for a lost wallet, as if it's some magical spot where the universe deposits lost wallets.

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