On: Some young adults disconnecting with 'dumbphones'

[nknighthb]

"Shopping around" among dentists is virtually impossible. I can have only the most superficial and largely useless opinion of a dentist until I actually allow them in my mouth, at which point the deal is done. This is not a "healthy market" comparable to anything we're talking about here.

Ditto laser eye surgery and pretty much anything else remotely medical in nature.

Chocolate is not a healthy market either: http://ideas.time.com/2013/11/01/why-so-little-candy-variety...

[mhb → nknighthb]

Orthodontists - not dentists. Boxed chocolate - not candy bars.

Orthodontia and laser eye surgery are examples of the types of healthy markets that flourish in the absence of over-regulation.

You also seem to be conflating the health of markets and some idiosyncratic issues of your own regarding discovering competent suppliers.

[nknighthb → mhb]

> Orthodontists - not dentists.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/orthodontist

or·tho·don·tics

a branch of dentistry that deals with helping teeth to grow straight

If we're not even going to argue about the same thing, I'm done here.