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Good stuff! I will cross-post it in a bit.

Regarding this…

"For example, in an excellent display of spontaneous order on a free market, experiments that switched off traffic lights in a city actually reduced congestion while improving safety, since drivers became a lot more attentive and careful."

have you heard of this?

https://christophercook.substack.com/p/increasing-freedom-make-people-nicer

(Note, the still image of the video makes it look like it's no longer working, but it is.)

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Just watched the video - what a great example! I can only imagine how much more innovation and creativity (and at greater scale) there would be if this wasn't government-run.

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It would not be utopia, but it would be a heck of a lot better!

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I've not! Will take a look, thank you.

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