I had almost the opposite reaction. Felt like after the very reasonable declaration of liberal values, most of the gender discussion there was boring or off topic. Felt like the characterization of corporate culture was spot on. Can you say more about your reaction though?
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You can't legislate them out of existence. You legislate to define a high ground. You define a behavior as bad and drive it underground, though you can't 100% kill it. This isn't a war of absolutes and five-mile charges. It's a war of inch-by-inch.
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agreed. I guess I'm just more pessimistic on the ability of legislation to provoke social change. I find that it usually lags behind social change and gets updated only to reflect developments that have already occurred.
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Probably true. And the wish list of laws I posted is a pipe dream in today's political environment. It's more "where we should think about going" than anything else. It's fun to tear down– the left and right enjoy it– but you inspire the next generation with what could be.
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the stuff that inspires me is the whole cluster of technologies and social patterns that helps break the grip of mega-corps on public life. disintermediation and decentralization are the changes we need.
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I would like to see more of this, but my feeling is that it's going the other way. We're worse off now than 20 years ago. I've had more jobs helping the bad guys than good, because the bad guys have the money.
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that's not likely to change. the group of people that are infected with the "horde money" virus are carrying out their program effectively. money is more valuable in motion than at rest though. a vibrant decentralized economy can produce enormous value even without cash stacks.
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the real solution is more small businesses. Michael discusses that a little actually, but in an idealized nostalgia rather than as a policy discussion. concentration of corporate power makes the situation worse. smaller companies don't suffer from psychopathic people as much.
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Right. Reputation worked pretty well as a human immune system in small communities. In big societies, it tends to reflect power structures– which quickly become parasitic– rather than truth. And though reputation works against M-type psychopaths, the F-type are adept with it.
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