It's a nihilistic view that insists that the only nice things we can have are the things that "the market" chooses for us. If "the market" doesn't decide to swap out fossil fuels for cleantech, then that's that - any attempt to draw down our carbon emissions through regulation will only "distort the market."
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Cory Doctorow
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