Would you be so kind as to give am example of this?
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every interaction where someone petitions a governmental entity for redress, technically receives it, and winds up wishing they had handled their own business is an example of this
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wondering which one of the goetic impulses suggested that solution to him.
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yeah, i can't call it, the number of them that "teach all the liberal sciences", presumably including polisci, is extensive, and nobody talked about perverse incentives when this shit was being written down
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Is this specific to governments? Everyone can benefit by making asking them to do extra work a losing proposition.
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let's get this generalization, kings
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the true lesson is that solomon was far too eager to propose cutting babies apart
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A familiar proposition...nihil sub sole novum
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Very good. Another lesson: many conflicts might be settled with a compromise that involves splitting the prize, (that's what lawyers do). But not _all_ ...prizes can be split.
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There's a principle at my old job that involved encouraging/enabling people to THINK and solve their own problems. Sometimes this involved coaching. Sometimes it involved being just a little bit terrible.
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