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80 points by sans_souse · 13 comments

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Epa095

I wonder why they chose this description for Pareto inefficiency:

  There exists another page that will make everyone better off without making anyone worse off.
Instead of the correct

  There exists another page that will make someone better off without making anyone worse off.
Makes me wonder if all the descriptions I know less about are all subtly wrong on purpose.
  • eviks

    Nice catch and a nice reminder of the quality control fails with broken feedback mechanisms, a common state of affairs! (what, you think they "asked some leading economists."?)

  • santiagobasulto

    I think this is just a tongue in cheek description, implying that "nobody needs this page and the `other one` makes everybody happy".

eviks

Dislike that textual noise filling the blanks since empty space is the best indicator of nothing. Also happens with various search engines slapping full-page animations visually tricking you into thinking you've got the fish

This should just be a single phrase

ChrisArchitect

for more: https://www.404s.design/ - gallery of 404 page designs

themadturk

This took me back nearly fifty years to my Econ classes, and I have been re-traumatized.

laurensr

Their request IDs seem to be chronological when sorted alphabetically.

sans_souseOP

All bases covered but only one of these is "correct"

>Game theory info By not viewing this page you help everyone else get better pages.

  • esalman

    I'd blame it on liquidity trap. Technology team decided to keep money instead of using it to fix the issue.

esalman

This was a nice refresh of my economies classes.

mint5

The socialism one seems to be in bad faith, like not even trying to be in line with how socialism would explain it analogously to the others.

peter-m80

They dont understand socialism or lie on purpose

tosti

...It's just a generic bland error page?

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