https://www.overcomingbias.com/2019/03/consider-reparations.html … @robinhanson argues for slavery reparations. This is a good and important post even if you aren't usually a Hanson fan.
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When the political center of gravity notices an injustice done to a group, it generally offers that group *preferential spoils* rather than directly reversing the injustice and compensating the victims and their heirs.
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If Alice wrongs Bob, our system, effectively, allows Alice to keep doing so indefinitely, but then also enables Bob to wrong Alice in some other way. This means Alice and Bob can *never* pay their debts and reconcile.
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People who thrive on politics like it that way. If it's impossibly complex to determine who owes what, then the ambiguity serves those who can exploit it: good negotiators, charismatic demagogues, and the industries surrounding politics and law and PR.
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I am sure I have benefited indirectly from unjust privilege. If there was a way to pay it back, I would genuinely want to do so. The problem is that it's hard to actually measure what I owe. I oppose the processes that make such measurement harder.
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Hey, I would like to advocate for blinded hiring at my work! Can you point me to evidence for the claim that it increases the number of female hires? How about other disadvantaged groups?
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http://gap.hks.harvard.edu/orchestrating-impartiality-impact-%E2%80%9Cblind%E2%80%9D-auditions-female-musicians … Classic example is blinded orchestra auditions.
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