Through most of history it was seen as utopian to give everyone access to cornucopias that give them much more of stuff they want.https://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/925710482538934272 …
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Replying to @robinhanson
I think problem
@zeynep's presentation leaves implicit is the misalignment of desires and goals, per Akerlof & Shiller's Phishing for Phools1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @davidmanheim @zeynep
People have always thought that many people are foolish to want the wrong things. Even so, saw worlds where everyone gets more as utopian.
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Replying to @robinhanson @zeynep
True, but the criticism here is that they are being advertised to, changing desires, not that they'll get more of what they wanted already.
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Replying to @davidmanheim @zeynep
People have always tried to persuade each other to have more convenient desires.
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Replying to @robinhanson @davidmanheim
And the methods and their efficacy and transparency matters
4:09 PM - 1 Nov 2017
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