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An engineer likes to model the world in terms of systems with interconnected moving parts, but rarely accounts for the irrational human political factor. What m
by bluetomcat 7y ago
An engineer likes to model the world in terms of systems with interconnected moving parts, but rarely accounts for the irrational human political factor. What may be fraudulent or inefficient to an engineer may be a "necessary evil" to a policy maker, in order to satisfy the group interest of a company or nation.
Making things 100% efficient and transparent seems like a dystopia with a central world government and no pluralism whatsoever.
- nathanvanfleet 7y agoWait so corruption and cover ups is your utopia in this scenario? Companies committing crimes that are never uncovered so they can hold onto power and make just a little more money?
- bluetomcat 7y agoIt is essentially tribalism in a very refined form. Each group wants a larger portion of the pie and in order to get it, often finds unethical but legal ways of doing so. Only by raising the general awareness level of the whole population, we can refine tribalism even more by refining the legal and social frameworks.
- AstralStorm 7y agoAs it is, those frameworks are controlled by political tribalism, enabled by the fact that general voters think tribal. Chicken and egg problem in its shell.
- closetohome 7y agoAnd a 100% transparent and efficient government would create a dystopia. Apparently.
- nitwit005 7y agoThe system requires people who aren't Engineers to take action. Engineers aren't writing or enforcing the law. The world view of engineers isn't particularly important, except to cause them to report something.