Late night tweetstorm time. It seems that nearly everyone believes that regulation at a certain point hinders innovation, but I think almost everyone underestimates their net effect
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I know this would never happen in a billion years, but if you wanted to truly unlock innovation you would have to have regulators more frequently *bless* some practices, not just condemn them. A stamp of approval, not “they haven’t killed x yet so let’s assume it’s safe”
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Great. The regulations are working. It’s really not up to two kids with a laptop plus a sugar daddy to decide for society that a regulation is no longer needed.
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The only person coming off as more of an arrogant prick than me right now is you. If you don’t think regulation that’s not carefully passed can hinder innovation literally everyone disagrees with you including regulators. That’s not even controversial.
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Never said that. I will continue to say, until you find valid examples, that citing Uber and AirBNB as examples of successes is not backing your arguments in the least. They’ve done tremendous harm to the commons and to people’s lives due to the lack of regulation.
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I still contend they’re a *net* positive
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for whom? Uber: MILLIONS of extra vehicle miles driven; psgrs diverted from transit; cycling in SF is now a death match AirBNB: thousands of residents permanently displaced; entire buildings turned into illegal hotels. The end does not justify the means.
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Oh boy, we’re just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. Disregard that point and read the rest.
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I'd be more sympathetic if the founders were diehard libertarians at least.
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