• idk why more liberals aren't on board with fully transparent markets...

    From dart200@user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy,alt.messianic on Sun Jan 11 01:59:59 2026
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    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't we
    all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect
    information as is possible to build, no?

    but muh trade secrets!?

    the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal of capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the problem of
    trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give out info.

    people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't ever
    again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently false
    with a long list of various examples including most of academia where
    profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in evaluating actual results an objective manner.

    with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses
    (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.
    sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used to operating/competing in a transparent manner...

    we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!

    before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century communism...
    but transparency first ehh????

    https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/
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  • From Noah Sombrero@fedora@fea.st to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 11 10:02:01 2026
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    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:59:59 -0800, dart200
    <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't we
    all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect >information as is possible to build, no?

    True information. How about that? How do you silence the fakers?

    but muh trade secrets!?

    the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal of >capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the problem of
    trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give out info.

    people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't ever
    again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently false
    with a long list of various examples including most of academia where
    profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in evaluating actual >results an objective manner.

    with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses
    (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.
    sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used to >operating/competing in a transparent manner...

    we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!

    before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century communism...
    but transparency first ehh????

    https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/
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    or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
    <<<talk>>> to <<<YOOooooo>>>
    Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
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  • From Wilson@Wilson@nowhere.invalid to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 11 12:21:53 2026
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    On 1/11/2026 4:59 AM, dart200 wrote:
    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't we
    all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect information as is possible to build, no?

    but muh trade secrets!?

    the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal of capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the problem of
    trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give out info.

    people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't ever
    again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently false
    with a long list of various examples including most of academia where
    profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in evaluating actual results an objective manner.

    with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses
    (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.
    sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used to operating/competing in a transparent manner...

    we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!

    before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century communism...
    but transparency first ehh????

    https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/ how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/


    Your full transparency thing IMO is a good idea. I can see some real
    benefits to it improving both economics and government.

    Possible downsides would be not allowing patents on products for a
    limited time as that does incentivize innovation and that is useful. And possibly it would empower ideological radicals who want to murder and
    destroy, but we already have them now anyway.

    I'd include non-business orgs as well.

    On a somewhat related tangent I think it's also time to make it clear
    that all persons own themselves and their DNA. I don't think it's
    ethical to patent any life forms.

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  • From Dude@punditster@gmail.com to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 11 10:06:13 2026
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    On 1/11/2026 7:02 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:59:59 -0800, dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't we
    all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect
    information as is possible to build, no?

    True information.

    All information is valid, true or false, for an information junkie.

    How about that?

    All incoming information changes the second you input any data by the
    simple act of perception. There's no pure data (day-ta).

    How do you silence the fakers?

    Turn off your TV and subscribe to absfg, the only non-moderated
    discussion group still uncensored on the internet - until you guys came
    along.

    but muh trade secrets!?

    the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal of
    capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the problem of
    trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give out info.

    people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't ever
    again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently false
    with a long list of various examples including most of academia where
    profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in evaluating actual
    results an objective manner.

    with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses
    (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.
    sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used to
    operating/competing in a transparent manner...

    we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!

    before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century communism...
    but transparency first ehh????

    https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/

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  • From dart200@user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 11 10:10:42 2026
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    On 1/11/26 10:06 AM, Dude wrote:
    On 1/11/2026 7:02 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:59:59 -0800, dart200
    <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't we >>> all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect
    information as is possible to build, no?

    True information.

    All information is valid, true or false, for an information junkie.

    spoken like someone who doesn't know anything about complexity theory


    How about that?

    All incoming information changes the second you input any data by the
    simple act of perception. There's no pure data (day-ta).

    How do you silence the fakers?

    Turn off your TV and subscribe to absfg, the only non-moderated
    discussion group still uncensored on the internet - until you guys came along.

    but muh trade secrets!?

    the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal of >>> capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the problem of
    trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give out info.

    people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't ever
    again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently false
    with a long list of various examples including most of academia where
    profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in evaluating actual
    results an objective manner.

    with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses
    (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.
    sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used to
    operating/competing in a transparent manner...

    we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!

    before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century communism... >>> but transparency first ehh????

    https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/
    how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/

    --
    hi, i'm nick! let's end war EfOa

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  • From Dude@punditster@gmail.com to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 11 11:21:35 2026
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    On 1/11/2026 9:21 AM, Wilson wrote:
    On 1/11/2026 4:59 AM, dart200 wrote:
    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't
    we all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect
    information as is possible to build, no?

    but muh trade secrets!?

    the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal
    of capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the problem
    of trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give out info.

    people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't ever
    again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently false
    with a long list of various examples including most of academia where
    profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in evaluating
    actual results an objective manner.

    with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses
    (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.
    sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used
    to operating/competing in a transparent manner...

    we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!

    before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century
    communism... but transparency first ehh????

    https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/
    how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/


    Your full transparency thing IMO is a good idea. I can see some real benefits to it improving both economics and government.

    One of the main benefits of blockchain is increasing trust in the
    system. Then there are security concerns among member organization and traceability when data is shared across a business network

    Possible downsides would be not allowing patents on products for a
    limited time as that does incentivize innovation and that is useful. And possibly it would empower ideological radicals who want to murder and destroy, but we already have them now anyway.

    I'd include non-business orgs as well.

    On a somewhat related tangent I think it's also time to make it clear
    that all persons own themselves and their DNA. I don't think it's
    ethical to patent any life forms.

    It's your DNA!

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  • From dart200@user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 11 11:29:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy

    On 1/11/26 11:21 AM, Dude wrote:
    On 1/11/2026 9:21 AM, Wilson wrote:
    On 1/11/2026 4:59 AM, dart200 wrote:
    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't
    we all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect
    information as is possible to build, no?

    but muh trade secrets!?

    the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal
    of capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the
    problem of trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give
    out info.

    people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't
    ever again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently
    false with a long list of various examples including most of academia
    where profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in
    evaluating actual results an objective manner.

    with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses
    (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.
    sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used
    to operating/competing in a transparent manner...

    we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!

    before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century
    communism... but transparency first ehh????

    https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/
    how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/


    Your full transparency thing IMO is a good idea. I can see some real
    benefits to it improving both economics and government.

    One of the main benefits of blockchain is increasing trust in the
    system. Then there are security concerns among member organization and traceability when data is shared across a business network

    like i said: unless u tie the accounts to real world IDs it's not really increasing transparency


    Possible downsides would be not allowing patents on products for a
    limited time as that does incentivize innovation and that is useful.
    And possibly it would empower ideological radicals who want to murder
    and destroy, but we already have them now anyway.

    I'd include non-business orgs as well.

    On a somewhat related tangent I think it's also time to make it clear
    that all persons own themselves and their DNA. I don't think it's
    ethical to patent any life forms.

    It's your DNA!

    --
    hi, i'm nick! let's end war EfOa

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  • From Dude@punditster@gmail.com to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 11 11:42:41 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy

    On 1/11/2026 10:10 AM, dart200 wrote:
    On 1/11/26 10:06 AM, Dude wrote:
    On 1/11/2026 7:02 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:59:59 -0800, dart200
    <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but
    can't we
    all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect
    information as is possible to build, no?

    True information.

    All information is valid, true or false, for an information junkie.

    spoken like someone who doesn't know anything about complexity theory

    It's all about the data management. You think you can just walk into the server room? You better call first, and be prepared to show some valid
    ID, kid.


    How about that?

    All incoming information changes the second you input any data by the
    simple act of perception. There's no pure data (day-ta).

    How do you silence the fakers?

    Turn off your TV and subscribe to absfg, the only non-moderated
    discussion group still uncensored on the internet - until you guys
    came along.

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  • From Dude@punditster@gmail.com to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 11 13:16:08 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.buddha.short.fat.guy

    On 1/11/2026 11:29 AM, dart200 wrote:
    On 1/11/26 11:21 AM, Dude wrote:
    On 1/11/2026 9:21 AM, Wilson wrote:
    On 1/11/2026 4:59 AM, dart200 wrote:
    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but
    can't we all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to
    perfect information as is possible to build, no?

    but muh trade secrets!?

    the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design
    goal of capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the
    problem of trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give
    out info.

    people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't
    ever again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently
    false with a long list of various examples including most of
    academia where profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in
    evaluating actual results an objective manner.

    with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that
    businesses (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full
    transparency. sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime
    as we get used to operating/competing in a transparent manner...

    we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!

    before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century
    communism... but transparency first ehh????

    https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/
    how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/


    Your full transparency thing IMO is a good idea. I can see some real
    benefits to it improving both economics and government.

    One of the main benefits of blockchain is increasing trust in the
    system. Then there are security concerns among member organization and
    traceability when data is shared across a business network

    like i said: unless u tie the accounts to real world IDs it's not really increasing transparency

    Thanks for explaining this. I'll pass it along to my other group: alt.sci.skeptik. Good work!

    Possible downsides would be not allowing patents on products for a
    limited time as that does incentivize innovation and that is useful.
    And possibly it would empower ideological radicals who want to murder
    and destroy, but we already have them now anyway.

    I'd include non-business orgs as well.

    On a somewhat related tangent I think it's also time to make it clear
    that all persons own themselves and their DNA. I don't think it's
    ethical to patent any life forms.

    It's your DNA!




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  • From Noah Sombrero@fedora@fea.st to alt.buddha.short.fat.guy on Sun Jan 11 18:02:02 2026
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    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:06:13 -0800, Dude <punditster@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 1/11/2026 7:02 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
    On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:59:59 -0800, dart200
    <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

    like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't we >>> all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect
    information as is possible to build, no?

    True information.

    All information is valid, true or false, for an information junkie.

    I guess I don't want to live the life of a junkie.

    How about that?

    All incoming information changes the second you input any data by the
    simple act of perception. There's no pure data (day-ta).

    How do you silence the fakers?

    Turn off your TV and subscribe to absfg, the only non-moderated
    discussion group still uncensored on the internet - until you guys came >along.

    but muh trade secrets!?

    the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal of >>> capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the problem of
    trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give out info.

    people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't ever
    again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently false
    with a long list of various examples including most of academia where
    profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in evaluating actual
    results an objective manner.

    with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses
    (and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.
    sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used to
    operating/competing in a transparent manner...

    we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!

    before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century communism... >>> but transparency first ehh????

    https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/how_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/
    --
    Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain
    Don't get political with me young man
    or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
    <<<talk>>> to <<<YOOooooo>>>
    Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
    dares: Ned
    does not dare: Julian shrinks in horror and warns others away

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