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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 10 Mar 2018
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    Hmm. There’s an interesting moral parallel to antifragility. A policy that, under tragic assumption of human nature, would do a little harm, but under idealist assumption of human nature, does a lot of good. “Things that gain from hopefulness”

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      1. The Baron‏ @BaronGreen_Back 10 Mar 2018
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        Capitalism.

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      1. ben mosior‏ @HiredThought 10 Mar 2018
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        Such as harm reduction practices? E.g., clean needle exchanges?

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      2. Nathaniel Eliot‏ @temujin9 10 Mar 2018
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        Good HR policy should be like that. Allow for the chance that you've hired a dud or active problem, but leave open the possibility you got it right, and have a superstar you shouldn't shackle with Kryptonite. (Mostly involves firmly differentiating between the cases, though.)

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      3. Navin Kabra‏ @NGKabra 12 Mar 2018
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        I think @ncasenmare's visualization of trust in iterated prisoner's dilemma games (http://ncase.me/trust/ ) gives a visceral feel for how positivity will lead to overall gains even in face of a certain fraction of dud's/active problems.

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      1. Walt  🚴🏼‍♂️ 🏗 🗽 🌎 ⚖️ 🙋🏻‍♂️ 🚮‏ @WaltFrench 10 Mar 2018
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        A reminder that “the end justifies the means” relies on uncertain outcomes, while the direct impact is clear. Eg, cutting medical care for poor to “incentivize” them to get jobs. (Yes, that popular claim is more than a bit disingenuous) Not the Golden Rule

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      1. Noah “Actually An Ancient Pagan Festival” Sussman‏ @noahsussman 10 Mar 2018
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        devops. for instance: give everyone access to production. let everyone see the logs. anyone can ship a code change at any time. put all the code in the trunk of the repo. etc.

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      2. Jed "Sixteen Tons" Trott‏ @Jed_Trott 10 Mar 2018
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        This is a very confused thought or expression if thought.

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      3. MKM Abdul‏ @MKM_Abdul 10 Mar 2018
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        Not to mention extremely fragile - things that gain from “hopefulness” usually leave open exposure to harm and thus are likely concave. Gateway to Interventionistan. Always consider the downside before you look at the upside!

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      2. moritz is writing the book‏ @bierlingm 11 Mar 2018
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        That’s the Christian message.

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 11 Mar 2018
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        Yeah I think Christianity, especially Catholicism, is fundamentally progressive. In many parts of the world it’s gotten along with actual communism like PB&J. Actually seems to take some clever contortions in Protestant denominations to make it conservatism-friendly.

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