Zen Magnets: 6 Years of Battle End in Victory

Re:Zen Magnets: 6 Years of Battle End in Victory by monochromatic on Thursday June 21, 2018 @10:12PM (#17370758)

> the cost of being able to have these magnets on your desk is probably dozens or hundreds of kids getting very sick

No, that's the cost of everyone being able to have these magnets on their desk. The pro rata cost of me being able to have them is quite small.

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Re:Zen Magnets: 6 Years of Battle End in Victory by toss1 on Friday June 22, 2018 @11:36AM (#17374780)

I'm all for the magnets, and Zen's solution of education (vs the CSPC's banhammer solution).

However, this argument is exactly wrong -- it would create another commons problem, where your individual interest is against the interest of the group, and so everyone acting in their individual interest creates a big problem.

(fortunately, with education and careful use, we can avoid the common problem)

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Re:Zen Magnets: 6 Years of Battle End in Victory by jenkstom on Friday June 22, 2018 @02:26PM (#17376149)

That is the marginal cost, which generally tends to zero. It's not a very effective argument in this case.

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Re:Zen Magnets: 6 Years of Battle End in Victory by monochromatic on Friday June 22, 2018 @03:37PM (#17376733)

marginal != pro rata

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