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You're missing the point. This has nothing to do with politics. I'm demonstrating how economic incentives could be used to change the outcome. And car companies DO get fined. Kia w…

In Canada the towing truck companies stealing cars are all part of the Mafia or gangs. It got so bad that sometime recently the government only certified a few tow truck companies.…

"Show me the incentive, and I'll show you the outcome" - Charlie Munger. Car companies don't need to care, if your car gets stolen the insurance company buys you a new one. You do …

What do you propose for reducing car fatalities and accidents?

"You cannot see the wood for trees" I'd argue there is so much good that the tradeoff of trees killing a few humans is worth it. The biological diversity that returns - birds, carb…

24 hours post operation is fine. But giving them for weeks after an operation seems unnecessary. I've also heard that oxycontin in the USA is given to pregnant women to deal with p…

Yeah totally agree. Every form of payment comes with pros and cons. Maybe one idea is to come up with many alternative payment methods. In Africa I've read everyone pays with a pho…

Exactly! Opioids increase suffering and ruin the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of Americans. 80k+ yearly overdose deaths, plus a percentage of those using opioids for r…

Could you have recovered without pain killers? Or maybe used a pain killer that is much weaker that doesn't kill all the pain but is much safer like marijuana? Are there scientific…

I would disagree with the leech characterization. In an interview I watched, she talked about how she chose the property based on astrological alignment and her feelings when she w…

Well a lot of discussions due lead to some actions that I wouldn't have done on my own like reducing animal proteins, or shopping local for everything. I don't see why caring about…

costco has been doing this since the beginning!

I've heard this argument before and totally agree that single use plastics are a tiny fraction of the total problem. But as a Canadian I like that the law forced me to think about …

Same in Canada. The reusable bags that the stores sell are 5-20$. You get hit once with that and you'll start bringing your own bags. It's actually really simple to influence human…

There's a whole ecosystem for used nike shoes. https://www.youtube.com/@Ramitheicon gets over 500k each video and he's got a physical storefront where he trades cash to kids for th…

Hermes monitors the resale websites. If they can find out the identifier then you will be banned.

Actually the whole sneaker market is like this too now. They have weekly drops where inventory is restricted to create hype.

I went to a buy. Hermes gives you 24 hours to go into the store and buy the item. Otherwise the bag goes to the next buyer on the rolodex. Buyers call their friends and make it int…

The whole Debeers diamond ring scam has worked for decades until the last few years where synthetics are crashing the market.

VPN companies celebrate.

Yea I briefly glance over and struggle to recall what I bought. I was going to dispute a charge that was 15 minutes apart and a few Pennies different for the same grocery store. Th…

What a scam! I have seen companies who offer to check your subscriptions and automatically cancel for you.

The elderly forget. My dad forgets his login password every single time. He does a password reset to login to anything.

I wish there was a way for the public to vote on all of these bills! We need to be able to give feedback to these senators about what the public wants. And to me the public wants D…

My dad was accidentally paying 89.99$ a month and hasn't used their service for a year. I cancelled it for him after going through his taxes/finances. They use all sorts of dark UX…