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How many cookie monsters until we see diminishing returns?
by jonathanleane 14y ago
How many cookie monsters until we see diminishing returns?
- confluence 14y agoYou can never have enough cookies - the only upper limit is that of the second law of thermodynamics or the catastrophic end of civilisation. If people want cookies - it's cookies we'll make - because the markets one and sole purpose is to provide goods that people want, at prices they can afford, at the times they want it. The sole purpose of governments is to tax the negative externalities of said cookies (obesity/health etc.) and invest those market surpluses into the future safety and prosperity of said obese consumers through negative ROI R&D and scientific research that will allow us to make cookies taste like whatever we want on Mars. Both governments and markets exist to serve consumer demand. Everyone in the world is somebody's bitch. Ignore consumer demand at your own peril. The world runs on french fries - tax it for the health concerns, invest it into rockets that'll let people eat those self-same fries on Mars.