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   that one JNL (jordinn@zirk.us)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 23:43:59 JST that one JNL

   Bet on people choosing their own near-term comfort the vast majority of the time, even in situations of near-emergency. Use this awareness to set up systems that make actions toward public benefit more comfortable.

   I do NOT mean an individual-choice consumer framework, though that does fall under this wider umbrella.

   Regulation affects comfort. Taxation affects comfort. Tort law affects comfort. Shame affects comfort.

   The status quo, the simple FACT of it, soothes people's neural grooves.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 23:46:20 JST Aral Balkan

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     @jordinn If only more designers and technologists and policymakers (the ones who actually do care about making things better) understood this very point. It’s something I’ve touched upon in one way or another in every talk I’ve given and every article I’ve written in the past ten years and I don’t think I’ve ever heard it articulated so well.

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