In the ideal world, yes. In the real world, it would be a government jobs program. Think about the disaster of the Boeing SLS, 40 years behind the free market SpaceX ... crossed with Shaniqua at the DMV.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1233382323204362240 …
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Replying to @MorlockP
But doesn't that argument apply to armies as well?
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Replying to @robinhanson
Absolutely. Speak to some veterans. cc
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Replying to @MorlockP @skiballar and
I'll just argue for more consistency across such cases.
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but if we're unsure that excess capacity helps, but we know it has a cost, perhaps diversity is better; game theory concept of mixed strategies increase resilience against the worst case / increases average outcome?
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you can keep *POTENTIAL* capacity applied elsewhere, swiss model for soldiers (keep pop trained for 30y etc) can work for healthcare (and food industry) as well
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tired: space force
wired: health force RESERVES

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