Optimism matters. Example: Doomsday scenarios try to inspire cooperation. But by promoting short-term thinking, they actually prevent cooperation If we want people to cooperate, we need to play long-term games instead of short-term ones. We need optimistic long-term thinkers.
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Great societies think long-term. An idea I’m considering: Long-term thinking is so important that we should favor leaders and politicians who have kids. Kids extend our time horizons. They force us to consider the long term effects of our actions. Seems important. Thoughts?
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Historically kids so strongly incentivize clannish thinking (modern example, college admissions scandal) that empires have maintained eunuch staffed civil services to foster public-good. Most regressive shit in governance, like regressive school redistributing is “for the kids”
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Sachin Retweeted CBC Kids News
https://twitter.com/CBCKidsNews/status/1114247303538335744?s=20 … On the other hand kids are good foot soldiers for culture wars
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0:14CBC Kids News @CBCKidsNewsToday, many kids in#Toronto skipped school for yet another#schoolstrike4climate. Check out what 9-year-old Serafina Bennett had to say at Toronto’s first#FridaysForFuture protest from Mar. 15. What do you think?#climatechange#meme#climatestrike#kidmeme pic.twitter.com/BCdSMqxEps1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Kids are great. I was one myself once, which is something not many people know about me
I am just suspicious of fetishizing them or parenthood. People who want kids should have them. People who don’t shouldnt. Society should be set up to accommodate them. That’s it.
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