@vgr In ecommerce we have bid priority queues, where you pay to get ahead in the queue. Is commerce antithetical to ethics?
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@JosMarlowe I don't know. I'm just asking.
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@vgr Good question. I marvel at the messy NYC bus queue - a mob, with a simple rule: let a person on, get on. Perfect coordination.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=d0-rBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=film+michael+invented+standing+in+line&source=bl&ots=-41rGnV4uo&sig=6CgNdzAJEIz2fizjyLYXyI2L5H8&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=film%20michael%20invented%20standing%20in%20line&f=false … "an expressive machine that needed to be invented"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr see also "service design" of queues https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=related:eQPwTJX2M7oJ:scholar.google.com/&hl=en&as_sdt=0,39 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr maybe some socialists?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr As a 20 year old Brit, finding myself in a culture whose idea of a queue was the joiner loudly asking, 'who's last?' was mind-blowing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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