> Just to give a hypothetical example, could someone create a product that, when consumed, confers temporary euphoria but poisons the user with tar and carbon monoxide, eventually creating lung cancer?
Good question. We'll need some sort of legal framework whereby it's punishable for the creators of products/services... (I'll call them $ellers (never knew what that "$" key was good for, but it looks like an "S")) to make claims that just aren't true about their products/services. We'll also need to give victims a means to collect some sort of compensation when they're hurt by a $eller... particularly when it's the result of a false claim. Families of victims could also get compensation when the victim croaks. Croak? Funny. I think when a $eller lies I'll call it "Frog".
> How do we “value” such a product/ If it generates billions of dollars worth of “value,” is it worthwhile?
What are dollars? Is that how people vote for their favorite products? I was thinking "voting tickets" or simply "vickets". I'm open to ideas, though, so sure... let's use your dopey "dollars" term.
Anyway, the answer is -- No, because victims will be able to charge $ellers with frog. We can make it a crime punishable with jail time as well. That should discourage it heavily.
But otherwise for $ellers that don't violate these new laws that I'm drafting, we DO associate with billions of "dollars" with value. I think that's a great idea.
Good question. We'll need some sort of legal framework whereby it's punishable for the creators of products/services... (I'll call them $ellers (never knew what that "$" key was good for, but it looks like an "S")) to make claims that just aren't true about their products/services. We'll also need to give victims a means to collect some sort of compensation when they're hurt by a $eller... particularly when it's the result of a false claim. Families of victims could also get compensation when the victim croaks. Croak? Funny. I think when a $eller lies I'll call it "Frog".
> How do we “value” such a product/ If it generates billions of dollars worth of “value,” is it worthwhile?
What are dollars? Is that how people vote for their favorite products? I was thinking "voting tickets" or simply "vickets". I'm open to ideas, though, so sure... let's use your dopey "dollars" term.
Anyway, the answer is -- No, because victims will be able to charge $ellers with frog. We can make it a crime punishable with jail time as well. That should discourage it heavily.
But otherwise for $ellers that don't violate these new laws that I'm drafting, we DO associate with billions of "dollars" with value. I think that's a great idea.
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