Hmm, happened in Rome too. Similar stuff in pirate cultures also
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You don't even need to give power to the lower rungs, just the hypothetical possibility of it.
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@ckhonson it's not just about power. Whaling ships had similar practices, as well as gold miners in rushes.
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@ckhonson yeah you just need to make their lives better somehow. I think most ppl can smell when they're not getting a good deal.
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@ckhonson if you can offer them slow-motion magic beans like education they will often fall for it
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@ckhonson education isn't entirely fraudulent tho. it's a signaling arms race (trap), useful to individuals, rt?
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@ckhonson I'm also talking about elementary education - at 100% it can't possibly be useful to individuals
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@ckhonson yeah, no signaling value when everybody attends - college headed there
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@ckhonson that's zero-sum bs and you know it :) All learning to count != all wearing same shirt
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@ckhonson ...not thst it's only differentially useful to signal/compete. I can use on desert island
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Perhaps with enough tech. Diamond Age scenario right? Not beyond arithmetic with pre-modern tech though.
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funny, now I'm curious if native islanders (on average) actually "count" the same way we do
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@ckhonson I think median person under all kinds of schooling kinda stalls out at algebra.
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