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NichoPaolucci • yesterday at 6:46 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I think that assuming work can be done more easily in the future should not stop people from doing work that needs to be done in the present.

(If a painter knew that the camera was coming out I would not want them to throw their canvas away)


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fn-mote • yesterday at 11:48 PM

Plus there is little chance it will be done in the future by any large entity because of the entrenched interested in the area.

amelius • yesterday at 7:46 PM

> (If a painter knew that the camera was coming out I would not want them to throw their canvas away)

That's not a fair comparison because the painter produces different work, whereas tax computations will be the same.

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