[ExI] Why is "cost of living" such a big problem?

[Giovanni Santostasi]

Henrik,
Where can I find the Extropian Principles?
Any link?
Giovanni

On Fri, Nov 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM Henrik Ohrstrom via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> The Extropian Principles 2.5 somewhat mumbles but mostly condemns any
> attempt to make money by hindering other capitalist actors.
> Such behavior is basically centrally planned, authoritarian systems that
> extropians want to move beyond.
> Legitimate profit arises through production, innovation, and voluntary
> transactions in a free, decentralized spontaneous order — never through
> coercion or exclusion.
> "The principle of spontaneous order is embodied in the free market system
> -- a system that does not yet exist in a pure form. We are evolving away
> from tribalism, feudalism, authoritarianism, and democracy towards a
> polycentric system of distributed power shared among autonomous agents,
> their plans coordinated by the economic network. The free market allows
> complex institutions to develop, encourages innovation, rewards individual
> initiative, cultivates personal responsibility, fosters diversity, and
> decentralizes power. Market economies spur the technological and social
> progress essential to the Extropian philosophy. We have no use for the
> technocratic idea of central control by self-proclaimed experts. No group
> of experts can understand and control the endless complexity of an economy
> and society. Expert knowledge is best harnessed and transmitted through the
> superbly efficient mediation of the free market's price signals -- signals
> that embody more information than any person or organization could ever
> gather.
>
> Now, how are Mylans manipulation of government functions to exclude all
> other market actors free market?
> they are actively using government repression to make money. That is
> communism no?
>
> /henrik
>
> Den fre 6 nov. 2026 kl 18:47 skrev <spike at rainier66.com>:
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>> *From:* Henrik Ohrstrom <henrik.ohrstrom at gmail.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Why is "cost of living" such a big problem?
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>> >>…Of course.  No one is restricted from investing in medical research.
>> Medical researchers who find the answer first and best must be allowed to
>> profit from that successful research to whatever the market will bear.  I
>> don’t see any other way.  Do you?  Do share please.
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>> spike
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>> You are dodging,  what's the extropian view of economic predation?
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>> /Henrik
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>> Henrik you are dodging.  If successful research is not absurdly rewarded,
>> what keeps investors coming?  Nothing.  They go to other industries.
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>> spike
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