1. hmmm. so let's say bigotry is bad and causes lots of misery for no gain, it's some kind of social inefficiency. I basically buy this idea
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2. (yes there are issues about taste vs statistical discrimination, let's just assume taste going forward)
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3. let me identify a broader category of behavior I'll call "being a dick," which includes all manner of ill-treatment of one's fellows
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4. that unintentionally leads to the acronym BAD. nice. anyway, I am thinking that (bigotry ⊂ BAD). so far so good
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5. it seems like bigotry BAD is more-heavily sanctioned than non-bigotry BAD by orders of magnitude. for example, Steve Jobs: famous asshole
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6. generally revered though. contrast with Brandon Eich. no idea whether he was generally nice, but his prop 8 donation ended him
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7. this seems like an inefficient punishment scheme in light of plausibility that social cost(non-bigotry BAD) >> social cost(bigotry BAD)
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8. so is punishing bigoted behavior vs BAD generally (a) not about social welfare, or (b) just because bigotry easier to see->punish->fix?
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9. or (c) bigotry really is a bigger problem than other BAD maybe
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10. after some reflection it seems like (a) seems likely. going back to the steve jobs case, he was a total asshole; this was known; and
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11. there was no condemnation. someone w/ principled belief in ostracism as mechanism to deter BAD generally would've easily pushed there.
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