In the 90's i thought a government forum would be interesting because a forum is really about 1) moderation and the legal system offers the most elaborate speech moderation system. Part 2) is account management for which national id mechanisms seem specifically designed. Part 3) organizing content will probably be frozen in some half baked tree but accepable.

It would make a refreshing addition to the anon big tech ecosystem.

> The economics of a service economy really just don't make sense.

> …real economy, which is about making and distributing goods and stuff people actually need to live

I don’t know about you, but I depend on services every day in order to live.

Start by understanding how to price a product. Say a chair. From first principles, you'd take however much wood it takes, plus however many hours it took you to turn that wood into a simple chair, then add in whatever you consider a reasonable profit margin, and that's how much you should sell the chair at. Which is totally and utterly wrong.

You throw away that number, and look at how much other chairs are selling for, compare features, the landscape of the whole market, and set your prices that way.

Process that, and things start to look different.