and even if you could capture an accurate static snapshot of how things work, the best players will look for leaks and exploits – which become the new set of unwritten rules
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True. BUT if the illumination is reducing inefficiencies then at least the system gets more efficient. Ideally, then, we are all (more likely to be) working on real work that gets things people want done. (I've experienced insane amounts of 'busy work' that didn't need doing)
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I *do* do this one from time to time; it's worth doing if you're motivated by curiosity + the prospect of building a network of peers who get it. it does invite a bunch of sneering and dismissal, which you have to develop a sort of immunity againsthttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1060564156951085058 …
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Is that true though? So much changes happen in humanity because a few people decided to write down disruptive ideas in their era
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And the next generation doesn't read those books to. It's taken me 50 years to truly GET what Jane Austen and her ilk were writing about : the insidious oppression of Conformity Bias. In fact, the whole problem starts there: Why question the status quo, no one else is.
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This is the biggest factor, I think. And there is a huge opportunity for folks like
@farnamstreet (who does it well!) to extract that knowledge and broadcast it. It's what the NEWS *should* be doing. But, sadly, common sense is poor click bait.
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The rules take up a lot of space. Consciousness is roomy, sure, but the rest of our facilities are gargantually vast.
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Consciousness is also flat. It can house rules; when it comes to rules governing rules, it compresses them to the point of caricature - or the thing just outputs the OP.
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Fame, glory or money. Machiavelli’s name will live forever, with Beowulf’s. Maybe
@robinhanson will be numbered with him.@neilstrauss probably won’t but he got huge prestige in his subculture and then fame and money for writing about it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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