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Re:Small cities in America’s Mountain West are booming by danjac on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @07:41AM (#26873280)
> but at the end of the day I'm optimizing for my own quality of life.

All well and good, but the economic and environmental effects of everyone "optimizing for their own quality of life" without regard for others means everyone loses out, don't they?

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Re:Small cities in America’s Mountain West are booming by bufbupa on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @11:40AM (#26876121)
Only if it is indeed a zero sum game. I think most agree that on a sufficiently long timescale life is not a zero sum game, so everyone optimizing for their own quality of life increases the size of the pie for all.
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