http://www.chrisamiller.com/blog/2009/12/09/qotd-44/ politics, tech, humor, and science since 2002 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.chrisamiller.com/blog/2009/12/09/qotd-44/comment-page-1/#comment-1114 David Rothermich Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:12:31 +0000 http://www.chrisamiller.com/blog/?p=1990#comment-1114 Actually, in a sensible world, half of the people and companies currently making pins would switch to an industry that provides more benefit to society, such as making shoes or some as-yet-undiscovered product. The only way to decide which people switch industries is to have some go out of business. Otherwise, there is a huge amount of productive capacity going to waste, and society would not really advance. Actually, in a sensible world, half of the people and companies currently making pins would switch to an industry that provides more benefit to society, such as making shoes or some as-yet-undiscovered product. The only way to decide which people switch industries is to have some go out of business. Otherwise, there is a huge amount of productive capacity going to waste, and society would not really advance.

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