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I see, and make, this argument often in relation to a lot of things.. with one caveat, which I think is important. The 'because' in "it is opaque 'because' it
by cam_l 10y ago
I see, and make, this argument often in relation to a lot of things.. with one caveat, which I think is important.
The 'because' in "it is opaque 'because' it is in the interest of.." does not have to be a causal because, or even an intentional 'because'. Most conspiracies I have known and loathed are, for better or worse, simply emergent. Each party can be relied on to play their part in conspiracy because playing their part is how the conspiracy came to be.
As I said, I think this is an important distinction. Not least as the hangup most people have about believing in such complex and wrong behaviour, is that so many people can be so smart and organised and so intentionally evil. But it is a real eye opener when you realise these things can function without organisation or intent..
- rayiner 10y agoSoftware engineers work in a field where accreted complexity exists at every turn. Windows has 20-years of bug-for-bug compatibility because of the pressures of hundreds of millions of people relying on it every day. And it's also a field where the dangers of rerwrites are well known and appreciated. So why is it that many engineers are so ready to see complexity as the product of conspiracy, rather than organic evolution, in every other field?
- someguydave 10y ago>So why is it that many engineers are so ready to see complexity as the product of conspiracy, rather than organic evolution, in every other field? So you are saying that separating voting rights of millions of shareholders and granting them to the hands of a few elites at banks is just a total evolutionary accident? I don't recall getting the option to restore the voting rights of the shares in my index funds - and nobody appears to offer it?
- walterbell 10y ago> simply emergent There are people who model emergent systems and game theory, with the goal of influencing outcomes across a range of scenarios.
- oneloop 10y agoReferences please?
- jackgavigan 10y agoThe Predictors by Thomas A Bass https://www.amazon.co.uk/Predictors-Thomas-Bass/dp/0805057579 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Predictors-Thomas-Bass/dp/080505757...