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ctoth • yesterday at 10:27 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

> This is true of a whole lot of stuff. Many special offers are loss leaders that largely rely on human behavior to make up for the losses

Accepting this is currently true, should we prefer this equilibrium?


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bagacrap • yesterday at 11:49 PM

This feels like a loaded question.

If you are an inveterate optimizer, it works to your advantage. If you are not, well I guess you just don't care. So net net, yes we prefer this equilibrium.

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