"You can just do things" … if you don't care about externalities.

· Bits and Bobs 9/8/25
  • "You can just do things" … if you don't care about externalities.
    • The people who say the first part often omit the second part.
    • If you care about the benefit to you but not the externalities, you can arbitrage society and extract from it in an antisocial way.
    • Prosocial things have positive externalities.