mleku on Nostr: the trick is to use words to hide the existence of the diffuse cost "externalities" - ...

the trick is to use words to hide the existence of the diffuse cost "externalities" - "oh look, isn't this great we solved problem A" and the thing you don't say is "by shifting subtance X out of this place and into that place where problem B, which is spread more thinly and has a smaller noticable effect on the same timescale" and voila.

it is literally the exact business model of vampires and ghouls, give the ghouls a few little extra powers and hide the cost - shorter lifespan, vulnerability to illness, in exchange for their more clean blood. "let me tend to your infections, your diseases, your sores" like the harkonnen doctors.