4/ Could this be why communism and capitalist-democracy both eventually fail? They expect improvements to add up, instead they decohere
Conversation
Replying to
5/ Capitalist-democracy has the edge though, bec it contains within itself the engine of self-replication
1
1
Replying to
6/ Specifically, it creates problems, and then the solutions to those problems, which create new problems...ad infinitum
1
1
Replying to
7/ If we accept that some ppl in society must be "unoptimized" for others to be optimized, must we conclude that inequality is necessary?
1
1
3
Replying to
8/ Maybe this explains why as soon as you remove inequality from the system, the system collapses
1
Replying to
9/ Instead of striving for equity or even equality, maybe we should define the goal/boundaries/metrics of system to reward global optimiz.
2
Replying to
10/ I guess there's the rub. Have to convince everyone a priori they'll be better off w/ global optimization
3
1
Replying to
11/ Hm, @ItIsmeLV says this could also be an argument for equity OVER equality goo.gl/images/H7zeDT
1
1
2
Replying to
12/ Equality has an even playing field, benefiting the strongest, but improving the strong points doesn't improve overall throughput
1
1
2
Replying to
13/ Equity has us focus on lifting up the weak points that are constraining overall throughput, exactly like TOC
2
2
Replying to
you're kinda assuming a global cost function there, in the case of the cartoon, view of the baseball game is metaphor for it

