It might be safer for biodiversity if economists don't think too much about it :P The biggest source of damage might well be "optimizing" with a badly-framed/bi

It might be safer for biodiversity if economists don't think too much about it :P The biggest source of damage might well be "optimizing" with a badly-framed/biased model... while the short-term "value" can be easily argued for, the long-term costs will typically be underestimated/externalized.