Counter argument: we pay garbagemen more than we pay convenience store clerks because the work is harder and nastier and we have to incentivize them. Thus, we should also expect that we reward warriors with status more than we reward innovators, because market clearing price.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1119949952761978881 …
we're within 1% of agreeing, certainly ; maybe perfectly agreeing? we promote war more because the supply of warriors is elastic / responds to incentives, and in the evolutionary context we needed more than the default level
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The supply of innovators is also elastic and responds to incentives. And we need innovators. But yes our culture learned long ago to promote war and it hasn't relearned about innovation so much,
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until the genes are aligned with this goal, any cultural change will be pushing up hill. Imagine that the gov sets out to change the culture via cartoons for kids, etc. That program exists at the discretion of gov officials and voters...who have genes that glorify war! >
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