The horrible truth: everything exists as it is for good reason.
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Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua All reasons are historical reasons. How and why do we judge them to be "good"?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jessitron
@jessitron Yep, "historical reasons". I think I lost some childhood naiveté, where I'd look at things and be like "that doesn't make sense."2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@jessitron Good is probably wrong word. I think reality drifts into maximas which sometimes later on become local maximas.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua maximas or local only to the people who have the power to change them... And they work to keep it that way1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @jessitron
@jessitron Instead of a conspiracy: an institution slowly using its power over many decades. Each time it's no big thing.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nouswaves
@sebinsua Each matters to the institution, and a teeny tiny bit to a million people, each not enough to motivate action, in sum a big minus1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@jessitron At the end is an institution with little value to the world held together by regulations (aka. astronomical change costs.) #fgs
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