NancyLebovitz comments on Rationality Quotes February 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 February 2012 08:45:51PM 4 points [-]

I gather they didn't know how huge the demand would be this year.

Burning Man's problem might be a good topic for LW to kick around. Suppose you have pretty good abundance, how do you ration access to excellent social venues without having barriers that do damage to the venues? Is this even possible?

Comment author: JoachimSchipper 11 February 2012 09:11:25PM 10 points [-]

In this particular case, not all attendees appear to be equally valuable to the event/other attendees. Giving priority to people who've organized cool things in the last few years may make sense.

Comment author: gwern 11 February 2012 10:12:45PM 7 points [-]

Yes, this was my reaction - 'let the price float, and give transferrable vouchers to the people who do the most awesome stuff; if they object, well, that's why the vouchers are transferrable'. It's not much different from what they're already suggesting, telling the lucky ones to distribute excess tickets among people they like.