Question you never hear asked while someone is being outrage-mobbed for a sacredness violation: "ok but how do they treat people?"
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing I have a sense our society used to be more virtue-oriented, and thus more self-regulatory. Fewer ethical arguments from law1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @harmonylion1
@harmonylion1@sarahdoingthing Which turned out to be too inflexible. Transitions are messy :/2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart@sarahdoingthing Virtue-focus is more flexible than legality-focus, isn't it? Problem is virtue can be hard to interpret1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @harmonylion1
@harmonylion1@sarahdoingthing Yeah, and that interpretation can't be trusted, because people are flawed.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart@sarahdoingthing So it will be a perpetual effort no matter what; seeking a perfect system to streamline humanity is fruitless1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @harmonylion1
@harmonylion1@sarahdoingthing Agreed that it's asymptotic. But that doesn't mean it's not worth improving :)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart@sarahdoingthing What is the goal? My point is no correct combination of ideas can rescue us from the necessity of having guts1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @harmonylion1
@harmonylion1@sarahdoingthing The goal is to refine societal incentives to maximize human flourishing.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart@sarahdoingthing That sounds good. What could work better than to strive toward a virtue? like kindness/courage/etc.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@harmonylion1 @sarahdoingthing When it's a true melting pot, the only shared norms are market norms. So more powerful is to shape those.
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Replying to @paulbaumgart
@harmonylion1@sarahdoingthing Basically, the more you can audit, the less you need to trust. And at the limit they converge.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @paulbaumgart
@paulbaumgart@harmonylion1 shared ritual functions as a regular audit (proof of cooperativeness)0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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