5/ Capitalist-democracy has the edge though, bec it contains within itself the engine of self-replication
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6/ Specifically, it creates problems, and then the solutions to those problems, which create new problems...ad infinitum
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7/ If we accept that some ppl in society must be "unoptimized" for others to be optimized, must we conclude that inequality is necessary?
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8/ Maybe this explains why as soon as you remove inequality from the system, the system collapses
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9/ Instead of striving for equity or even equality, maybe we should define the goal/boundaries/metrics of system to reward global optimiz.
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10/ I guess there's the rub. Have to convince everyone a priori they'll be better off w/ global optimization
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11/ Hm, @ItIsmeLV says this could also be an argument for equity OVER equality goo.gl/images/H7zeDT
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12/ Equality has an even playing field, benefiting the strongest, but improving the strong points doesn't improve overall throughput
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13/ Equity has us focus on lifting up the weak points that are constraining overall throughput, exactly like TOC
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14/ This is also an argument for minimum basic income. I would work night and day on productivity regardless of how much it paid
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this is the biggest problem with critical path thinking what if short kid is if he stares at wood and becomes great woodworker?
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yeah, like the robot example in The Goal. Unexpected new directions from apparent suboptimization

