When I read @readyplayerone (https://amzn.to/2PcJBaf ), it felt like just nostalgic geeky young adult delightful fun. I didn't think a lot about the setting. Yet as it has sunk in over the years, I've concluded that the near-future dystopic elements may prove prescient.
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This is not a commentary on justice or morality or any aspect of what "should" be. It is simply an observation about the world as it is, namely that it ruthlessly culls systems of the form "people can vote themselves welfare to play video games instead of working".
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@slatestarcodex somehow both understand Moloch and believe in UBI, I feel very strongly that basic game theory dynamics make "UBI + Universal Vote" clearly untenable. SocSec/Medicare already threaten to bankrupt the world's richest country through these dynamics.Show this thread -
Not that accurate long-term analysis has much to do with democratic policy - I'm not writing to influence legacy states. Rather, to explain to remainers and potential exiters why we must & will exit from the states whose decaying orbits will inevitably result in fiery death.
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