There’s something unseemly about a society where a lot of people have to rely on charity to survive and there is an uncritical charity-cheerleading track of the discourse flowing withgratitude, humility, etc. I appreciate those who do basics-giving, but it’s a job for taxes
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It’s because the taller and wobblier the tech stack, the deeper the hole failures can put you in. Innovation goes from antifragile to fragile with the height of the stack it rely on. And when things fail, they hurt more people, more badly. Beyond the scope of personal charity.
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There’s something silly about expecting churches and gofundmes to fix externalities of say heavy metal contamination, asbestos, slums created by redlining and highway systems, and pandemics spread by globalized industry. America bridges the gap with lawsuits. Not ideal.
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a possible way out? some form of postliberalism, with heavy emphasis on fractal localism (to use
@nntaleb expression) and subsidiarity.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Most people on drugs all the time will not produce what they think of. Over socializing has the problem of allowing people to afford addiction. If there is no system to treat it like a health problem then addicts will never moderate, a controlling system is expensive. They crash.
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