Why do I have any interest whatsoever in undermining Leviathan? Mainly because it reinforces ways of doing things and hampers new ideas.
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I'm not a revolutionary, I like order, I value obedience. But I also know that inertia and stagnation are common and fatal problems.
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Taleb was correct when he said that the value of the "free market" is it gives people the chance to be lucky. Same thing here.
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This is especially true for ideas which do something that's already done, but *better* than it's already done. It means going against...
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...a lot of people's vested interests, and frankly they have every reason to fight back. When they do, they usually win, as they are...
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...more established, more connected, and more wealthy. So the only way for genuine improvements to break through is a bit of luck.
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And what could be luckier than to go unnoticed by the very people your idea would eventually render obsolete?
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Not forever, of course--if you succeed, your profile will be impossible to hide--but just long enough to get critical momentum.
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