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I agree that not sharing is problem. Sometimes when I describe the opposition's point of view it sounds like I am defending their position. I think in order to
by ChrisDutrow 11y ago
I agree that not sharing is problem. Sometimes when I describe the opposition's point of view it sounds like I am defending their position. I think in order to fight an opponent, you have to understand their point of view.
Your story is concerning, but I'm not surprised. In my opinion, the system itself filters for this sort of behavior - and it gets worse in the upper echelons of the competition because in the upper echelons it becomes less and less feasible to deviate from an "optimum approach". My assumption being that the "optimum" approach includes participation in unfair and antisocial techniques.
- bpchaps 11y agoSorry - didn't meant to come off as aggressive or combative.. There's just a surprising amount of hostility from those who like Rahm or think Rahm is a built-in in Chicago. "Why don't you just move?" and calling me unpatriotic were pretty interesting to hear. The idealist in me thinks those behaviors can be fixed even though it's "turtles all the way down". Though, if enough people do enough tenaciously peaceful civics work, then hopefully things will get slightly better. By treating everything as a mystery as [0] and [1] talk about, things become manageable. [0] http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/risks-and-riddles-154744750 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/risks-and-riddle... [1] http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/01/08/open-secrets-3 http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/01/08/open-secrets-3