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Dagon comments on Is altruistic deception really necessary? Social activism and the free market - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: PhilGoetz 26 February 2016 06:38AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 26 February 2016 04:03:17PM 1 point [-]

Thank you for your answer!

But do you believe the free market can be effective at solving problems such as externalities if the proper incentives are put in place? If so, why do you believe people who are stupid and short-sighted can properly follow those incentives?

Comment author: Dagon 27 February 2016 02:59:32AM 0 points [-]

But do you believe the free market can be effective

Nope! humanity is doomed to suffer from it's own stupidity, regardless of whether that suffering is traded for or imposed.