oliverbeatson comments on Facebook worries me. - Less Wrong
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I feel fine. Thanks.
By definition, "the food industry" is that set of all suppliers that supply food to consumers. It shouldn't surprise us that they have a "monopoly", because if there were another supplier, they too would be part of the "food industry". In general, tautologies aren't cause for concern. Also, both Google and Facebook can't possibly have a "monopoly" on web content. If there are two of them, there is a duopoly (but there are, in fact, many more than just those two).
What does this have to do with rationality exactly (or unexactly, if you prefer)?
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This would have been a useful phrase during philosophy classes.