you are going to a government office to complete some yearly bureaucratic task. you must pay a government fee and bribe an official to complete the task. if you fail to complete the task, there is a fine. which set of costs for those three is best (fee, bribe, fine) for society?
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Replying to @eigenrobot @thesravaka
this one depends a lot on what the societal value of the task actually getting completed is
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like. if its so socially valuable they should pay me to do it
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Replying to @eigenrobot @thesravaka
true, but that wasn’t one of the options, and given that bribery is very bad, you’re left with 2) or 3), so you choose 3) if you assume a bunch of people not doing the task would be bad
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Replying to @mr_beef_cake @thesravaka
what task do you imagine is so socially useful that a reasonable person would willingly set their money on fire to accomplish it
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Replying to @eigenrobot @thesravaka
getting/maintaining a driver’s license
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Replying to @eigenrobot @thesravaka
how would you stop people with 5 DUIs from driving then
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"i will get drunk and drive a car. but not having a license will impede me" hmmm
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Replying to @eigenrobot @thesravaka
the point of taking away their license is they can get in big trouble if you catch them driving, even while sober, without one
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Replying to @mr_beef_cake @thesravaka
that seems like it makes things worse. i dont care if theyre driving sober, seems like it might be important for them getting their lives back in order
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