Thinking a lot about ratchets lately. Internal and external. Ratchets are more fundamental than clocks. Things that can only grow in one direction, and reversed only via destruction.
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On one hand, arms races probably most responsive to ratchet-awareness, because you can partially blame it on someone else. Otoh, no one would think "I'm enabling an internal ratchet" - recognition would seem to push against its continuation What other ratchets are you pondering?
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Hmm yeah, one can think of pristine and competitive ratchets by analogy to state formation. Monopolistic momentum behind a moat vs. duopolistic momentum contesting lead position in race. Am thinking about biology, personal life, corporations, civilization, physics processes...
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