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Your "over-regulation" is my "safety first".

collingreen 11mo ago
> every regulation is written in blood It doesn't mean everything is exactly right but it is a good reminder of what keeps happening when there are no rules there.
- nomel 11mo ago
  That's for safety regulations, and is somewhat true. That's not really what's being discussed here. There are many regulations that are drafted, and paid for, by monopolies. There's also just outright stupidity put into place, because lawmakers get paid to make laws, so they make laws that sound good, without considering the consequences.
  - collingreen 11mo ago
    Regulatory capture and corruption are certainly horrible.
  - wredcoll 11mo ago
    Sure and if this article actually brought up specific regulations and made a case against them... it probably wouldn't have made the front page and be full of flamewars.
degamad 11mo ago
Yep. My reaction to this line: > the unspoken reality is that our regulatory morass is the deathbed of thousands of hardtech companies that could be drastically improving our lives. We must unleash them. was "the unspoken reality is that our regulatory morass is also the deathbed of tens of thousands of hardtech companies who have no concern about destroying our communities in the interests of making a dollar", and that's what the regulations are there for.
- blitzar 11mo ago
  would be nice to extend the deathbed to include some of the soft-tech companies too
  - fransje26 11mo ago
    > some of the soft-tech companies Some? Let's be more generous than that.. (Not that it matters anymore in the grand scheme of things, seeing the size of the tsunami wave of destruction building up in the current AI bubble..)
YokoZar 11mo ago
As the article points out, there is a safety cost from over-regulation. The impact on air quality from not allowing the new technology quickly enough is very real.
- inetknght 11mo ago
  There's a safety cost for getting things sold before they're proven to be safe. Don't get me wrong, I want air quality to improve. But I don't want shit products or snake oil to be produced which would only make air quality worse. Instead of blaming regulation: blame businesses that don't want to demonstrate the positive benefits of their product and want to hide the negative affects.
energy123 11mo ago
What an intellectually bankrupt way to approach a question that has both downsides and upsides, and where those downsides and upsides vary depending on the specific regulation in question.

> every regulation is written in blood It doesn't mean everything is exactly right but it is a good reminder of what keeps happening when there are no rules there.

nomel 11mo ago
That's for safety regulations, and is somewhat true. That's not really what's being discussed here. There are many regulations that are drafted, and paid for, by monopolies. There's also just outright stupidity put into place, because lawmakers get paid to make laws, so they make laws that sound good, without considering the consequences.
- collingreen 11mo ago
  Regulatory capture and corruption are certainly horrible.
- wredcoll 11mo ago
  Sure and if this article actually brought up specific regulations and made a case against them... it probably wouldn't have made the front page and be full of flamewars.

degamad 11mo ago

Yep. My reaction to this line: > the unspoken reality is that our regulatory morass is the deathbed of thousands of hardtech companies that could be drastically improving our lives. We must unleash them. was "the unspoken reality is that our regulatory morass is also the deathbed of tens of thousands of hardtech companies who have no concern about destroying our communities in the interests of making a dollar", and that's what the regulations are there for.

blitzar 11mo ago
would be nice to extend the deathbed to include some of the soft-tech companies too
- fransje26 11mo ago
  > some of the soft-tech companies Some? Let's be more generous than that.. (Not that it matters anymore in the grand scheme of things, seeing the size of the tsunami wave of destruction building up in the current AI bubble..)

YokoZar 11mo ago

As the article points out, there is a safety cost from over-regulation. The impact on air quality from not allowing the new technology quickly enough is very real.

inetknght 11mo ago
There's a safety cost for getting things sold before they're proven to be safe. Don't get me wrong, I want air quality to improve. But I don't want shit products or snake oil to be produced which would only make air quality worse. Instead of blaming regulation: blame businesses that don't want to demonstrate the positive benefits of their product and want to hide the negative affects.

energy123 11mo ago

What an intellectually bankrupt way to approach a question that has both downsides and upsides, and where those downsides and upsides vary depending on the specific regulation in question.