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A Boring Dystopia

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Today, in things I'd read on a fading screen in a half destroyed building in a Fallout game...

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[–] fafferlicious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Do not mistake the opportunity cost for inviability. Billionaires are not lining up to build one with their money may be a fact (I don't know), but even if it is, it is entirely possible that the rate of return is just too low for them to consider investing in. Why make 3% EV YoY when you could get 5% EV YoU? Almost double the rate of return!

Not so easily proven.