port mimizon, department of the hand

Gwern Branwen · 03 Apr 2013, 22:39 · from 2013-April.txt.gz

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From: gwern at gwern.net (Gwern Branwen)
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 18:39:27 -0400
Subject: (urth) port mimizon, department of the hand
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On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:

>
> All this free association seems to neglect that we are told at the outset
> that children are extraordinarily cheap in Port Mimizon.


Low prices could be due either to oversupply *or* lack of demand. I do not
recall anything in 5HOC indicating that people are procreating so much that
they cannot afford their children and are desperately selling them off to
avoid starvation.

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gwern
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