hn • r/hackernews
Comment on: San Francisco: Don't Fall for Industry Defense of Surveillance Pricing
Well for one it undermines the currency by making my dollar worth something different from your dollar, makes it impossible for individuals to make informed choices, and makes it so that there's no reason to try to be more productive/chase some higher paying endeavor since it will be extracted for your basic necessities anyway and you'll end up in the same position. So now labor price signals fail.We already see the results of this in the US in the medical and educational systems, where planning is nearly impossible because the price is hidden until purchase (or even afterward) and the other s