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Aren't both brain architecture issues? Corporate incentives are built around converting avarice into societal progress and a are incentivized to find the short
by intended 10y ago
Aren't both brain architecture issues?
Corporate incentives are built around converting avarice into societal progress and a are incentivized to find the shortest path to that profit.
It's probably easier to make laws for one of those scenarios though.
- tremon 10y agoCorporate incentives are built around converting avarice into societal progress I don't see how you can turn that into a "brain architecture" issue.
- intended 10y agoShareholders want to see profit increase. If other firms find ways of making more money with fewer morals, then the pressure on your firm to do the same increases, until you either succumb, or get bought over. Shareholders are driven by the same dopamine system that normal people are, and are unlikely to sit by and change their incentives for the sake of morals. The people pushing journalists to drop long form, in favor of revenue and attention generating articles with lower costs are shareholders, correctly responding to clear market incentives. Theres an excellent article from mother jones which provides a possible solution to this problem (its been shared on HN but there was no discussion when I found it) http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/08/whats-missing-from-journalism http://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/08/whats-missing-from-...
- TeMPOraL 10y agoA bit, yes, because the actors are humans too. But the core of the issue is more game-theoretic - shareholders cannot all coordinate to avoid taking some "shortest paths" that end up with unwanted consequences. Tackling this, hard as it is, is still easier than rocket neurosurgery.
- intended 10y agoBy this would you mean things like business incentives and tax breaks?