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SquaredError comments on Stupid Questions September 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: polymathwannabe 02 September 2015 06:26PM

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Comment author: James_Miller 04 September 2015 01:22:24AM 8 points [-]

Yes, it's Adam Smith's invisible hand at work creating incentives for highly self-interested people to take actions which better society.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 September 2015 06:51:36PM 0 points [-]

Can't tell whether this is sarcasm.

Comment author: James_Miller 06 September 2015 08:35:08PM 2 points [-]

No sarcasm intended.