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Re:Why is it hard to buy things that work well? by metalliqaz on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:34AM (#30700089)
Then couldn't you reframe things to include the entirety of human civilization as a kind of market, and still show that there are unexploitable inefficiencies?
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Re:Why is it hard to buy things that work well? by munificent on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @04:51PM (#30703919)
Sure, but then your definition of "market" has no meaning.

A book on "chess strategy" would be very different if it's definition of "chess" included the whole of human conflict and warfare. It probably wouldn't spend much time talking about rooks and pawns at all.

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Re:Why is it hard to buy things that work well? by metalliqaz on Thursday March 17, 2022 @09:06AM (#30710714)
That's not what I meant. I mean there's no rule that you have to include only what we call "the market". I mean the "real" global market includes politics, crime, etc. Basically anything humans do to get their hands on money.
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