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    1. Abraham Thomas‏ @athomasq 27 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @vgr saying "implementation issues" skips the crux. markets are the worst form of resource alloc ever devised, except for all others.

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    2. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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      @athomasq @vgr markets right now seem to be suffering both from perverse incentives towards artificial scarcity and rich-get-richer effects

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    3. Abraham Thomas‏ @athomasq 27 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @vgr *strongly* disagree on artificial scarcity. we live in an age of abundance. 2nd point is valid; rich do get richer. rentiers.

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    4. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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      @athomasq @vgr we also live in an age where we produce enough food for everyone but not everyone gets it.

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    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @athomasq Also: food aid = subsidies to warlord kleptocracies. If there's better way to distro food than markets, we haven't found it

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    6. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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      @vgr @athomasq yes, but that doesn't mean the market isn't patently suboptimal too. food goes waste and people starve => something lacking.

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    7. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @athomasq What space of mechs are you defining your "optimium" over. It's also a tragedy that most sunlight in earth's nbhd is wasted

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    8. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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      @vgr @athomasq here is qn: does "i would rather no one gets this than that you get it free" count as artificial scarcity and/or perverse?

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @athomasq Depends on meaning of "gets." Can of worms, esp with food. How does anything "get" from source to sink? Maersk largesse?

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    10. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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      @vgr @athomasq food does have distribution issues, but i believe they would be solved by now were the incentives aligned.

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Jul 2015
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      @zem42 @athomasq :) Okay, I'll stop torturing you

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        1. zem‏ @zem42 27 Jul 2015
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          @vgr @athomasq :D

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