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    1. ☉rthonormalist‏ @orthonormalist 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @eigenrobot

      You still haven't told me why someone competent should want to be a politician in the west.

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    2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @orthonormalist

      Glory or Duty

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    3. ☉rthonormalist‏ @orthonormalist 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @eigenrobot

      Successful motivation of glory or duty for truly greats (e.g. Cincinnatus) are historic for a reason, you can't populate your government on those.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    4. ☉rthonormalist‏ @orthonormalist 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @orthonormalist @eigenrobot

      Private rewards for the people we want in government are at least 3-5x in private industry.

      2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @orthonormalist

      its a collective action problem but eventually it will be reduced to "if you don't your money goes poof"

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    6. ☉rthonormalist‏ @orthonormalist 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @eigenrobot

      Maybe. Or it keeps going just enough to make people who believe in good governance miserable, because every country is running into the same problem.

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    7. ☉rthonormalist‏ @orthonormalist 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @orthonormalist @eigenrobot

      No successful hegemonic rivals, just a world of dysfunctional governments aside from tiny nations, where things bumble along just well enough

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    8. ☉rthonormalist‏ @orthonormalist 30 Mar 2020
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      Imagine if, say, Amazon could only pay management 170k for its top executives and 400k for its C-Suite.

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    9. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @orthonormalist

      Don't think politicians are ever going to be in it for the money despots aside Like do you think Bezos would be motivated to be president if he we otherwise disinclined if we offered him another few billion?

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    10. ☉rthonormalist‏ @orthonormalist 30 Mar 2020
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      No, I think that paying commensurate with a Fortune 500 company CEO, and similarly for various stops on that career track, you attract more worthwhile people at the top of the funnel.

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      eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @orthonormalist

      empirical question 🤷‍♂️ I'm skeptical that financial incentives matter at the top but neither of us have data would help in civil service, I'll grant that, but people wouldn't stand for it at this point and maybe shouldn't

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        2. ☉rthonormalist‏ @orthonormalist 30 Mar 2020
          Replying to @eigenrobot

          I think people not standing for it is what got us into this situation in the first place.

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        3. Bharath Reddy‏ @seyrup 30 Mar 2020
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          Yes, I'm fully convinced that financial incentives do not work at the top of the hierarchy. You've been saying it yourself haven't you? Status > Moneyhttps://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1244558878857023490?s=19 …

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          empirical question 🤷‍♂️ I'm skeptical that financial incentives matter at the top but neither of us have data would help in civil service, I'll grant that, but people wouldn't stand for it at this point and maybe shouldn't
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