1/ Progress is a 3-way contest between has-beens, never-was-es and could-have-beens. When all grumpily accept each other, things get better.
@GordonBrianR it's a descriptive stance...it's what actually happens unless somebody decides to go Hitler/Stalin.
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@vgr but that reflects a survivorship bias. I kind of like it as negotiation heuristic- need to construct a win-win w/all parties to succeed -
@GordonBrianR I think negotiation only delays, does not determine. Not quite tech determinism, but not social determinism either.
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@vgr the hypothesis being, e.g., those new entrants that fail to properly accommodate the has-beens and never-was-es don't survive.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@vgr the interesting case is then what happens if the incumbents clamp down to harshly on the new entrants qua classical rent seeking... -
@vgr the problems that seem to arise here are always counterfactual harms, so its easy to discount them... - Show replies
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