A recent epiphany: I care infinitely more about political and economic systems being mechanically correct and optimal than I do about the human lives they effect.
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Like an engineer caring deeply about building the best bridge they can while giving zero fucks about the resulting positive experiences of those who use it. eg, "It is well designed by every metric": thank you. "I enjoyed using it and my quality of life is improved": Please die
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This is similar to the dichotomy
@sonyaellenmann wrote about for ribbonfarm https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/16/arguing-about-how-the-world-should-burn/ … Also interesting bc only experts could authoritatively call your bridge well designed, while anyone could authoritatively say they enjoyed it. Does this mean you hate plebs? :P -
Only when they talk.
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