2/So I'm inclined to suspect "core values" are just the values that happen not to have been tested longest in the person's memory. Once the person has incentive to betray the value, they probably will, and then they'll have new core values.
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Replying to @PereGrimmer @simpolism
values are incentive-aligned beliefs.
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a lot of politics is competition to change incentives in alignment with beliefs, thereby creating values.
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it sincerely doesn't help that many beliefs are unfounded bordering on (or sometimes actually) delusional
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good governance ought to be incentives aligned in support of true and useful beliefs
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Replying to @danlistensto @PereGrimmer
> true and useful my guess is you hold core values of empiricism and efficiency
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Replying to @simpolism @PereGrimmer
empiricism is a method, not a value. efficiency is an outcome, not a value. my core values are for truth and utility (contextually limited)
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Replying to @danlistensto @PereGrimmer
Empiricism is a system for truth-generation requiring belief, a value of "truth" doesn't have meaning without a truth-generation system attached: this is the end-result of postmodern work. Efficiency is a property of a system & can be optimized for. What even is utility anyway?
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ahh, finally one i can answer utility is that which increases the capacity of a civilization to produce stellar megaproject statues of dinosaurs with lasers on their heads more stellar megaproject statues of dinosaurs with lasers on their heads -> more utility
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if a civilization can build a megaproject statue of a dinosaur with lasers on its head, it can do anything!
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i don't always use logic, but when i do, i like to use logic that cannot possibly be gainsaid
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