e/acc's beffjezos: Hysteria is temporary, but the economic damage of overregulation lasts forever
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-10
beffjezos, a leading e/acc figure, argues people always regret falling for "Decel psyops" that serve adversarial interests. Quoting @clairlemon on Australia's nuclear power ban—driven by anti-nuke activism (some Soviet-funded) that stigmatized a safe, clean, scalable technology—he frames it as a warning: fear-driven hysteria fades, but the economic damage of overregulation is permanent. The implied lesson applies to current AI regulation debates.
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