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16 Post author: cousin_it 29 November 2011 11:28PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 November 2011 08:00:00PM 0 points [-]

Downvoted for "market failure". You can buy coaching sessions and you will get feedback.

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 30 November 2011 08:40:18PM 6 points [-]

The existence of a market for a good or service doesn't imply that the optimal amount is being produced. I'd bet that the the price of these coaching sessions is larger than the marginal cost of the sort of feedback that cousin_it is talking about.

Comment author: Dorikka 30 November 2011 08:22:49PM 0 points [-]

Are your recommending that people pay other people for feedback? But that's so clumsy!

Or am I failing to parse?

Comment author: gwern 30 November 2011 11:24:55PM 0 points [-]

It is clumsy, but if it's valuable and people are not supplying it to you for free, then it's worth paying for. (Think about editors - aren't they basically being paid for criticism? Good criticism is hard work!)