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Lumifer comments on Open thread for December 9 - 16, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 10 December 2013 05:44:57PM 3 points [-]

...and phrased things poorly

Yes.

but the things it seems to tend to be used for, for several reasons, wind up being things that eject negative externalities like crazy.

I suspect you're looking at it with a rather biased view.

you advocate letting millions of people starve because the precious Market might be upset.

Sigh. You made a cobman -- one constructed of mud and straw. Congratulations.