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Re:Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society h... by doctorpangloss on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:28PM (#45364217)
> Decency imposed self-restraint on those who were in a position to take advantage of a buyer... The American medical industry has been most visibly effected by this cultural shift...

I don't know, something something, Baumol's cost disease. You, like the other person who is vamping, aren't talking about stuff grounded in hard data.

But I'll meet you at your level:

(1) Do you think serving cheaper customers is easier or harder?

It's harder. Poorer people will break more things, ask for more stuff, require more intensive one-on-one service, as a matter of objective reality. I'm not saying this is good or bad, or that people don't deserve dignity and decency, but you are reaching for this complex, Americana cultural vibe, and you know, I can reach for a vibe too, "Man, it sucks to deal with people who are broke." Do you see?

(2) What would be the price of a life saving vaccine if people would "charge what it's worth"? What about "what they could get"?

Okay. So you got it 200% wrong. We charge what we could get for life saving vaccines, and for that matter most life saving generics, which is very close to $0, even though people would probably pay a ton of money for it.

Its this, "I wanna drag every grievance into every conversation" that is the problem, it's vibes that are the problem.

Re:Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society h... by simpaticoder on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:36PM (#45364315)
I associate the Hacker News forum with authentic, reasoned debate and sharing of personal experience and perspective. Your comment wants to engage in a kind of rhetorical pugilism that is very common in other forums, but is uncommon here. It is a style I personally dislike and find counter-productive for every topic, inflaming emotions and driving division rather than synthesizing a variety of perspectives into an interesting whole.
Re:Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society h... by viridian on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @04:26PM (#45365557)
Speaking of vibe checks, the vibes in this post are worse than what you've replied to. "something something", "I'll meet you at your level", "Do you see?", "you got it 200% wrong.", are all very dismissive and hostile.

There are better ways to get your message across.