"nobody is bad. all bad things actually exist because of ~super insightful econo-incentive game theory tragedy magic~" no
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different levels of virtue are a thing. levels of virtue have policy levers attached to them even if we don't always understand them
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selfishness creates problems that invisible hands and so on can only partly mitigate
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this isn't always best thought of as a doom written into a well-meaning universe. it is sometimes best thought of as too much selfishness
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"moloch" isn't an agent that dooms humans from the outside. it is the spawn of human deviation from the utilitarian standard
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a universe of rational utilitarians has no "moloch" in it. "moloch" is what we call the parts of human vice that we can't work around
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which is not to say that turning humans into rational utilitarians is the best solution. workarounds are very often more realistic
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sometimes it's useful to remember that a solution theoretically exist, because otherwise you'll adopt models where it doesn't exist
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and those models are broken and will cause your behavior to be broken. even if you weren't going to ever use the solution
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this is very general. denying that what is theoretically best is theoretically best, even if it is not practical, will confuse you
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from a false thing everything follows
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