ohhhh sorry I'm dumb. different states have different priority needs for ventilators so they should pay different prices. that helps "ration" ventilators to where they're most needed. oh-kay.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
yeah I remain confused as to why Cuomo doesn't understand this and why I didn't until this minute.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
do you have a model for why he doesn't get this?
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Replying to @s_r_constantin
I think maybe he isn’t incentivized to get it this time bc the fiscal situation is so confused and dysfunctional? But I don’t feel satisfied with that answer, bc so many people don’t get it.
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Replying to @diviacaroline
hm, so let's assume he cares about saving NY lives -- maybe imperfectly, but enough that he's one of the more active governors. He should expect that if supplies purchasing was nationally centralized he'd be *less* likely to get ventilators to his state, right?
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
the missing intuition is "I want to have the option to pay EXTRA to make SURE I'm first in line to get the good thing"
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
That was a "missing intuition" for me too; it took me a bit to get it.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
I have, of course, paid extra to get a more convenient, faster, more reliable, or nicer thing; but I might have an intuition that this is Bad, or a thing to only do for impulse purchases.
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I think an underrated strategy is to pay more to reliably get a thing at all, when there isn’t a good substitute, and when that thing is a critical part of your plan.
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Replying to @diviacaroline
yeah, that may just not be a super available heuristic. "We don't have any and won't have any for weeks." "Ok what if I paid you more?" The latter *should* be an obvious possibility but maybe isn't.
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maybe-relatedly: people might not have enough life experience where they negotiate for something they want by offering a sweetener?
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
I'm thinking of something like kids playing should be learning to do things like "I'll do your chores if you'll play the game I want" and maybe too much parental hovering blocks that kind of kid-kid negotiation?
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I think this one is complicated and deep. As much as I’m down on school, it may beg help here?pic.twitter.com/COdDKxQ85P
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