alt Hacker NewsIf it's economically valuable wouldn't the evil capitalist bastards squeeze their reserves or peasants a little drier to create their little money printing weather trend predictor? Or you mean it's economically valuable but negative or low ROI?
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Are you not aware of any instances where "evil capitalist bastards" fail to act in their own long term interest? If not, then you might want to pay more attention.
This comment seems to presuppose that the "evil capitalists" are infallible.
People can be bad at their jobs and/or can act irrationally.
Let's say you're an evil capitalist bastard. How would you capture that value?
...Unironically in complete agreement.
If the data is economically valuable, mbgerring, then the private market and aligned states/charities should be the ones shouldering the costs.
You'd think that but the evil capitalist bastards generally think one financial quarter at a time and will absolutely dismantle the long-term prospects of just about anything if it gets them some shiny nickels.
It’s so economically valuable that smarter people than you decided it should be provided as a public good, to give everyone access to it regardless of ability to pay. We should do a lot more of this.