Obviously there’s a balance to be struck here. We could legalise fentanyl and tell people to just not use it, but that probably wouldn’t have a very positive impact on society.
At the very least we should acknowledge the negative externalities. Just leaving it up to the market to figure out (especially if we allow the current tech monopolies to exist) will result in serious societal impact.
That's a very big assumption you're making. Not saying it's necessarily false, but I think it's probably wise to remember you're literally commenting on a platform run by a venture capital company. It doesn't take that much effort to create an account here. Who's to say the comment you're replying to wasn't written by ChatGPT?
At the very least we should acknowledge the negative externalities. Just leaving it up to the market to figure out (especially if we allow the current tech monopolies to exist) will result in serious societal impact.