@GabrielDuquette no, I think they are. I think information asymmetry is very real and pervasive.
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Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin@GabrielDuquette time preference is real and expensive, as are synthetic social meanings http://www.meltingasphalt.com/ads-dont-work-that-way/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette I don't think synthetic social meaning is a real explanation for why the same furniture can cost 10x more1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette or if it is it's another sign of people being ducking stupid about it1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin@GabrielDuquette that's the time preference part I think1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette I have bought shit in person that's like, 1.5 times as expensive due to time preference dimness1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@sarahdoingthing@GabrielDuquette but like, having your preferences be so weird that you can't even shop around or google is baffling to me1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@drethelin did I tell you about my 25-year-old student who didn't know where meat came from1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@drethelin I was teaching http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Lukumi_Babalu_Aye_v._City_of_Hialeah … and my closing remark was "then we'd have to find a different way to get cheeseburgers!"2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@drethelin and my one student was like "is that where all this meat comes from? animals?!?"
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