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> There's balancing that needs to be done - does the safety benefit of a world in which nobody can be out of contact of emergency services, and the economic ben
by TimorousBestie 1y ago
> There's balancing that needs to be done - does the safety benefit of a world in which nobody can be out of contact of emergency services, and the economic benefit of having reasonably high speed internet available everywhere, outweigh the loss of radio astronomy potential.
If this balancing argument is merely based on short-term economics, then of course the corporation always wins. Every commons becomes a tragedy in that world.
- rickdeckard 1y agoExactly, thank you! There is also a huge safety benefit in killing all wild animals, and companies are even happy to build taxable businesses for that if allowed. This needs to be evaluated and balanced against the economic benefit of having wild animals roam the planet free of charge... /s
- zamadatix 1y agoThere are existing regulated bands for astronomy, which already shows the regulatory bodies don't just consider short term gains. The person you quoted weighs it against outweighing the loss of radio astronomy potential, saying much of the same. Who is this note about needing to compete with short term economic gains responding to?