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jb55 | 13 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don’t know what free market absolutist means, but yes i think the free market is much better at providing solutions than centralized institutions
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Scott Domianus | 13 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Agreed. Markets are valuable. But individual self interest is a big problem. Moloch in game theory?

I get centralized versus decentralized. 

Is it really decentralized if individuals are gaming it?
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jb55 | 13 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 gaming it in what sense?
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Scott Domianus | 13 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 At scale humans polarize networks. Right now we are in a phase of echo chamber networks. Do you want to scale this? Is it the goal?