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Re: Let the market decide?

Isn't this a bit of a category error? If I were to write an article extolling the virtues of the Macintosh operating system over Windows, and urging people to switch to the former, would you reply that it would be better to let the market decide?

The point is, preferences are changeable. Preferences are causally prior to market forces. Preferences are a legitimate subject for debate and for creative thought. And there is no way of 'letting the market decide' what one's preferences should be.

by David Deutsch on Thu, 09/15/2005 - 02:46

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