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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  1676 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Nobel-Winning Economist Goes to Burning Man

Fair. But fair warning, I'm like 1,000 IBUs bitter and 50,000 Scovilles spicy about the relatively small amount of near-infinite economic policy parameter space that's been explored at this point in human history, and even STILL more salty about how human perception of the economy couples back into the economy (RE: RE: RE: FWD: RE: RE: RE: RE: Things we talked about in D.C.). These things haunt me every time I do a take.

    ... summarize in a complete sentence.

"The pursuit of wealth CAN drive inventions that reduce the overall human impact on our environment through increases in efficiency". 'bl00 did a pretty similar take.

There was another 300 words here, at one point, but I think all I wanna end with is pointing out that the pursuit of wealth CAN drive absolutely despicable behaviors as well.

Now I will wipe my dry hands together, and open two very pursed lips to say "Ha, I've said nothing false!" (or much at all)