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sequester that attitude, dude. if "governments really start putting money towards it"... that money comes from your paycheck first and foremost. if you're goi

sequester that attitude, dude. if "governments really start putting money towards it"... that money comes from your paycheck first and foremost. if you're going to advocate for a market based solution (and you are, if you're talking about putting money somewhere) then consider the hard work of pricing external costs (those costs to the commons, you're so fond of considering), that governments are truly good at. we don't need governments spending our money. we need governments to help us coordinate prices for the consequences of our desires, which would otherwise not be priced at all (e.g. dumping billions of tons of pollutants, etc... into the shared environment).

_bxg1 7y ago
> that money comes from your paycheck first and foremost Fantastic! I would love to help prevent a global catastrophe. > if you're going to advocate for a market based solution (and you are, if you're talking about putting money somewhere) I am not. I'm pointing out that this kind of problem is fundamentally impossible for the market to solve unless enormous, non-profit-seeking organizations (i.e., governments) artificially bridge it into the market via coordinated incentives. That's not the only way to solve it, but it's the only way businesses would have anything to do with a solution.
- tossAfterUsing 7y ago
  > I would love to help prevent a global catastrophe. great, you can start by reading books written by folks that don't agree with you. > I am not. actually, you are... > ... into the market via coordinated incentives. but, like... it's kinda funny.