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Hackers extorted $1.14M from UCSF
Because it is an action with a huge negative externality? You're funding criminals.
We've banned voluntary actions with externalities in the past.
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on Oct 22, 2020
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By that line of reasoning, every blackmail and robbery victim funds criminals, thus subject to similar punishment.
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We've banned voluntary actions with externalities in the past.