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Alys Rowe's avatar

One of the most striking and slightly queasying things about the Cruz-Tucker interview was how many times they both felt it necessary to pause awkwardly and profess how much they both "love Trump". One definite difference between the Iraq buildup and now is you didn't have journalists and politicians feeling they had to emotionally nursemaid the President so he wouldn't get triggered and start a war.

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Brett Patching's avatar

Hotel booking is another example of dynamic pricing strategies.

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sticko's avatar

First and foremost, I see myself as a poster

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Jacob Nathan's avatar

LONG LIVE SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM

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Martin Reznick's avatar

Everything old is new again. Since I am very firmly in the 45-50 set, that ridiculous meme reminded me of the much subtler wisdom of Clerks, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdDRrcAOjA.

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Keith's avatar

I don't flipping need to read someone's book about how the runup to the Iraq felt, sounded and looked. I was then and there, and to me at least it was crystal clear what was happening.

Back when I was working, I flew a lot, and had my own little strategies to ensure cheap tickets and a decent experience. But especially starting after 9/11, the type of strategy needed started to change from quarter to quarter and even month to month, so that what I ended up with was something like a system for coming up with the appropriate strategy.

As to the pricing discussion, it sounds like every merchant is trying to recreate the new car dealer experience for every transaction, however minor. It's just a whole bushelful of no fun.

I recall one reaction to it. When GM started the Saturn brand they announced each Saturn would sell for a fixed price for each different model and option package. No negotiations. That was kind of nice for my first vehicle purchase, but I found out later, when I bought new cars in the regular way, that GM's no negotiations policy meant that each buyer was paying the top price for each vehicle.

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Shawn Ruby's avatar

> Unfortunately, what feels quite bad--orthogonally to how stupid it is--is it’s not clear how much any of that matters, at the end of the day. All we can do now is refresh Trump’s Truth Social feed.

I just want to know how this differs from journalists getting invited for updates? Is it the speed of technology that makes it kinda ironic by gamifing it to some degree?

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