Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Venkatesh Rao
Anticonservatism, if well-posed, would lead to policies that lead to big gains where progressive hopes turn out to be well-founded, but only small losses (that remain addressable by other policies) where conservative fears turn out to be well-founded.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/972519393405018112 …
Venkatesh Rao added,
Venkatesh Rao @vgr
I’m going to call this anticonservatism.
Conservatism: assume all humans are irredeemably corrupt
Progressivism: assume all humans have at least a small chance of evolving into their best selves
Anticonservatism: Better that many guilty go free than one innocent be hanged https://twitter.com/vgr/status/972517941525725184 …
9:30 AM - 10 Mar 2018
0 replies
4 retweets
8 likes
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.