Perplexed comments on The Irrationality Game - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Perplexed 03 October 2010 07:20:24PM 2 points [-]

Upvoted for disagreement. People are inventive and resourceful. They have explored "organization space" pretty thoroughly. Many successful alternatives to corporations already exist and are functioning successfully. Any corporation producing "astronomical waste" will quickly be destroyed by corporate or non-corporate competitors

Comment author: Morendil 03 October 2010 07:31:27PM 0 points [-]

Many successful alternatives to corporations already exist and are functioning successfully.

Such as?

Comment author: Perplexed 03 October 2010 08:05:42PM *  0 points [-]

Partnerships, sole proprietorships, co ops, socialism (i.e. state run enterprises). Much of the construction industry involves small firms coordinating the work of subcontractors. Same with advertising, cleaning services, etc.