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It is zero-sum thinking. If it makes your neighbour poorer you feel richer. Pointless internecine conflict.

• rayiner 13y ago
  There's a hidden assumption in the phrase "zero-sum" which is that the social impact of someone getting 10% of 100 and someone else getting 90% of 100 is the same as that of someone getting 5% of 200 and someone else getting 95% of 200. Peoples' absolute level of consumption isn't zero-sum over time, but peoples' share of total consumption at any given instant is indeed zero-sum. And people respond to the latter much more than to the former.
  • gatehouse 13y ago
    Yeah, that is precisely what I am criticizing. When you take away the time dimension nothing can change -- stasis is static. Immigration is driving up prices, so the solution is regulation to make the city less appealing economically to non-residents. Anyway -- I'm not equipped for a serious discussion of West-Coast urbanization since I've never even set foot there, but I don't think Benioff is even coherent, he is suggesting more regulation and then civil disobedience in the next breath.