People who are not actively gathering information.
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<li>Often the information that comes to this person is bad information<ul>
<li>Is it an exaggeration to go so far as to say that</li>
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</li>
<li>Do not spread information unless the spread of that information would be beneficial to person X who has the information.<ul>
<li>Derived from this<ul>
<li>Information that is spread is not beneficial to the receiver, but information that is beneficial to the sender to spread</li>
<li>When you add the &quot;buy and sell&quot; or &quot;zero-sum&quot; factor here, you derive &quot;information spread is bad information&quot;.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
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The original story of &quot;The Shoeshine Boy.&quot;
<ul>
<li>You can find it by searching.
</li>
<li>An episode, supposedly made up, by Joseph P. Kennedy (father of U.S. President John F. Kennedy).
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<li><a href="https://togetter.com/li/1676107">https://togetter.com/li/1676107</a>
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<li><a href="https://aibashiro.jp/contents/cr00138/">https://aibashiro.jp/contents/cr00138/</a>
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<li><a href="/en/Ignorant%20sucker">Ignorant sucker</a>
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