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worldsayshi
4 days ago
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We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and pre...
I'm curious what positive externalities you're thinking about? Being able to make plans for the future?
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sneed-oil
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A male in a country that is about to enter a war could decide to leave to avoid conscription, depending on the odds
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pigeons
2 days ago
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Doesn't take a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows
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vovavili
4 days ago
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Again, as I said, "aggregating public and private information through market mechanisms".
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Miraste
4 days ago
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That's vague enough to be more or less meaningless, where specifically do you see positive externalities outweighing the numerous negative ones?
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vovavili
4 days ago
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If that strikes you as vague, I strongly recommend you to read at least an LLM summary of "The Use of Knowledge in Society".
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Aushin
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Just give an example, dude. Stop being abstract.
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