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Which of those positions do you believe are plagued by obstructionism, and in what context are they being obstructionist?


Social responsibility, tech ethics, Radical CS are all such vague positions that I've seen them used to justify everything from adding gentle taxes to "hanging the billionaires". I think most people agree that some amount of regulation is good. The hard part is agreeing how much, where, and how this regulation is enforced. CEQA is an example of where pro-social, pro-environmental legislation ends up obstructing progress.


"Comparing California before and after the 1970 passage of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and benchmarking against performance in the other 49 states, this study finds that 1) California per capita GDP, 2) California housing relative to population, 3) California manufacturing output and 4) California construction activity grew as fast or faster after the passage of CEQA." (https://econ.utah.edu/research/publications/2013_01.pdf)

https://www.insider.com/vintage-photos-los-angeles-smog-poll...

https://www.baaqmd.gov/about-the-air-district/history-of-air...

https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/cjel/article...




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