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"If everybody does it, <some outcome>" is rarely a good argument, because the premise rarely becomes reality.
by layer8 1y ago
"If everybody does it, <some outcome>" is rarely a good argument, because the premise rarely becomes reality.
- dugidugout 1y agoIf you're prescribing a public practice you intend to be taken seriously, you should contend with what happens at scale, especially when evaluating competing alternatives, where comparative scale effects become decisive. Given the article's push for ecosystem-wide support, there's good reason to probe this hypothetical.
- rmunn 1y agoSo true. Things that everybody does: breathe. Eat. Drink. Sleep. And a few other things that are essential to being alive. Things that not everybody does: EVERYTHING else.