@KevinSimler @Meaningness Is there a relationship to rent-seeking vs. innovation?
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Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart@Meaningness I don't immediately see one, but how are you thinking it might go?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler@Meaningness The more wealth-extractive your group, the more effective dominance can be, the more parasitical the leaders are?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart@Meaningness OK yeah, makes sense. If your goal is to extract/be a parasite, you won't go beyond the lip of the volcano?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler@paulbaumgart Or maybe: there are multiple routes to prestige, accessible to different sorts of people; only some require s-s.3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@paulbaumgart This has to be true. Although I might argue that all prestige requires s-s, but not all is -EV fitness-wise2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler@paulbaumgart Why would all prestige require self-sacrifice? (Various people have argued that this is true only in Christianity1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@paulbaumgart No one wants to follow a person who's always and only looking out for #1. Even kings lead troops into battle/etc.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler@paulbaumgart Not sure this is factually true :-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@paulbaumgart Not all kings/not all battles, but the gist is that leaders need to step up and stick their necks out. No?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@KevinSimler @paulbaumgart I don’t know! That meme is certainly common, but whether it fits reality, I have little idea.
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Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@paulbaumgart If leaders don't provide value to followers, why would anyone follow them?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler@paulbaumgart They can provide value without self-sacrifice? E.g. king distributes taxes and spoils among praetorian guard.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like - 1 more reply
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