revolutionary sentiment is the ultimate manifestation of the mistaken belief that the world is a problem of consensus not an engineering problem
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Consensus is a strategy for decision-making. One of many, and not perfect. I honestly am just trying to understand how it is irrelevant to problems. Or is this all just quippy internet humor?
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Let me ask you this: Do you think a well-built bridge needs more yellow and less blue or more blue and less yellow?
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So I think you are saying that consensus is not a viable strategy when approaching engineering decisions? It seemed to me that you were saying consesus was overall an irrelevant strategy.
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If by “not a viable strategy,” you mean “irrelevant,” then yes. “Your ship cannot double Cape Horn by its excellent plans of voting. The ship may vote this and that, above decks and below, in the most harmonious exquisitely constitutional manner: ...”
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“...the ship, to get round Cape Horn, will find a set of conditions already voted for, and fixed with adamantine rigor by the ancient Elemental Powers, who are entirely careless how you vote.”
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Ok, I understand now. You are talking about immutable constraints such as time, distance, and other physical properties. You are not talking about human social related constraints. Got it. Have a good night.
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If you say so.
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