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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by kornish on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:57PM (#16632575)
Sounds like an instance of Jevons' Paradox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by btilly on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:16PM (#16632741)
I don't remember running across that paradox before.

It clearly is an example.

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