Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Apr 18, 2016Your guess on ratio of political capital investment between special interests and general public interest? Pick in range SI:GPI 1:99 - 99:1222
Evan@EvanMcM·Apr 18, 2016@apxhard I would also agree, I would argue the “public interest” equation is almost never solved by politics. @vgr @pmarca2
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @EvanMcM@EvanMcM @APXHard @pmarca Eg: resistance to anti-vaxx threat to herd immunity. Public interest benefited even if drug makers benefited more7:13 PM · Apr 18, 2016
Evan@EvanMcM·Apr 18, 2016Replying to @vgr@vgr Fair point. Not quite zero-sum but I also don’t necessarily see it as a binary choice btwn special & public interest @apxhard @pmarca1