Sometimes I have a crazy intuition like “if people just categorically refused to work with anybody who seemed untrustworthy or “fake” or trying to take advantage, the world would be better.”
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This is crazy because people need to work to survive and what if their only options are people who are trying to take advantage? I get that. It’s not a practical proposal.
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But all the actual productive capacity of the economy is in people who are making positive-sum contributions. The “nation” of positive-sum builders and helpers is, by necessity, richer than the “nation” of zero-sum takers. In actual resources if not dollars.
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Just because you perceive someone as sleazy or unfair doesn't mean they're just a zero sum taker. A lot of productive people would be cut out for petty reasons. I think we would in fact starve (or, at least, be worse off)
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Yes, your perceptions can be wrong! But are enough people wrong enough that we'll *all* die out before we learn better?
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