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plutaniano
·vor 2 Monaten·discuss
Unresolved markets transmit information too. A market doesn't need to resolve to transmit information.
plutaniano
·vor 5 Monaten·discuss
I really like tiktok's solution to this problem. Every user page is prefixed with a @-sign.

tiktok.com/@about

vs

tiktok.com/about
plutaniano
·vor 12 Monaten·discuss
Will the company survive long enough to produce a postmortem?
plutaniano
·letztes Jahr·discuss
Aren't you just creating another contract? Users might write code that depends on it being random.
plutaniano
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
I wonder if we will ever reach a point where implementing a land value tax will be politically feasible. All other solutions look like bandaids to me.
plutaniano
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
It’s a question on the DS-160, IIRC.
plutaniano
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
> The point is that they pay such low wages that their workers are still eligible for welfare when working there (despite being hugely profitable)

I'm not contesting this. This is a valid point.

> This essentially means that tax dollars are subsidizing their profits.

I don't see how this would be the case.

Two scenarios:

1:

- Welfare is now $0/month

- Some people that could get by with welfare now can't. They start looking for jobs.

- Increase in the supply of workers.

- Decrease in wages. (good for amazon)

2:

- Welfare is now $3k/month

- Some people decide that it's no longer worth it to work. They'd rather just live off of welfare.

- Decrease in the supply of workers.

- Increase in wages. (bad for amazon)
plutaniano
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
Doesn't Amazon have to compete with welfare for workers, instead of benefiting from it?

The more welfare pays, the worse a job at Amazon is in comparison, is it not? How does Amazon benefit from this?