[extropy-chat] The Hidden Luddite was Re: peak oil debate

[BillK]

On 9/7/05, Lifespan Pharma Inc. wrote:
>   
>  Similar with some disease drug development, you want to treat the disease
> so it does not kill but your efforts to
>  simply give a one time treatment that forever cures and eliminates the long
> term market for a treatment that
>  curbs but does not quickly cure has market disincentives built in. 
> Investors won't spend 300 million to for example
>  cure diabetes with a one time treatment when a drug that emeliorates 90% of
> the damage without reversing
>  the disease is a wonderful investment.  
>  
>  Wish human nature was more ethical but I really think money takes precedant
> over ethics in the marketplace which
>  by its basic nature is sociopathic and not socialistic.
> 


Hang on a minute! 
Are you and Adrian saying that businesses really do decide to harm
people so they can make a profit??

I thought this was the Libertarian market supporters club here.  ;)

We'd better put a stop to this free market nonsense then! :)

BillK