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I'd add something else to that list that is closely connected: trust. It's a concept that so permeates our culture that it often goes overlooked. So much is de
by matt4077 9y ago
I'd add something else to that list that is closely connected: trust.
It's a concept that so permeates our culture that it often goes overlooked. So much is dependent on people simply behaving "good", even when it's not in their best interest at that very moment, and even when nobody's looking.
Societies are like one big, endless game of Scissors/Paper/Stone played over a slow connection: everyone has boundless opportunities to cheat, but either by training, habit, morality, or good analysis, they almost always take the high road. Because if only say 1% start to think only in terms of self-advancement, they, and everyone else, will soon run out of partners to play.
- emmelaich 9y agoIndeed, without some trust bureaucracies can do as much harm as good. With total trust you don't need rules in fact. And bureaucracy would function merely as an info broker and agent. Back to the original meaning of bureaucracy!