Some actions, speech, and beliefs strongly signal cooperativeness, but fail to actually solve coordination problems.
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To the extent that they are transmissible and crowd out speech/actions/beliefs that do solve problems, this defines memetic disease.
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The most salient feature is that they are wide/universal instead of tight/intimate.
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@sarahdoingthing New causal connectivity means our ethics *does* need breadth. Charity can only *begin* at home; neoethnocentism inadequate.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Meaningness action at a distance has increased - though not sure if for the best. leaving people alone is good4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing I share your skepticism, notably wrt foreign aid.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness physical distance getting less relevant might not make social distance less relevant?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@sarahdoingthing Decreased communication distance decreases social distance… But e.g.the US govt totally failing to understand Iraq suggests
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