Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 21, 2015Replying to @jzellis@jzellis I just have no real use for ineffective outrage or do-gooderism where I have no skills to be helpful.31
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 21, 2015Replying to @jzellis@jzellis Yes, and humans are mortal and the universe will end in heat death. And some people sneer, others screech back, others shut up.2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 21, 2015Replying to @jzellis@jzellis Again. I hear you. But what does railing against people building random apps do? That's seems an unavoidable side effect of stuff2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 21, 2015Replying to @jzellis@jzellis Like I said. Next 2 best ideas to market allocation have been Stalin allocation and Hitler allocation. Would you rather have those?12
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 21, 2015Replying to @jzellis@jzellis Actually we don't. I am not caricaturing. There are very few tested ways to run major countries.2
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr@jzellis Liberal democracy + market capitalism + checks against cronyism really is the best we've come up with. Every other experiment = bad1:34 AM · Mar 21, 20151 Retweet2 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 21, 2015Replying to @jzellis@jzellis We're down to Mutually Assured Derpstruction now, but I continue to be bemused by you. Own worst enemy etc.11