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		human20190310 on Sept 20, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perpetual Debt in the Silicon Savannah > The rest of the capital to fund development The article mentions "...high rates of borrowing on weekend nights as evidence that loans are marketed and taken in moments of inebriated revelry." Assuming that's true, and considering all the data these fintech operations are collecting, surely they can't believe they're funding development rather than consumption.

wutbrodo on Sept 20, 2019 | [–]

> high rates of borrowing on weekend nights as evidence that loans are marketed and taken in moments of inebriated revelry."

Is it evidence that they're marketed as such?

vageli on Sept 20, 2019 | [–]

Is it really unusual to start a business after the hours of your usual occupation? Where is the correlation with inebriation?

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