Our values are so far skewed towards progress that actually directing that progress to be beneficial to all is almost an afterthought (or, work that most people

Our values are so far skewed towards progress that actually directing that progress to be beneficial to all is almost an afterthought (or, work that most people aren't really allowed to contribute to). People also aren't rewarded for what they _didn't_ do, and as long as nothing changes we'll continue to motivate people to build with more or less reckless abandon wrt social impact. Investigating correct usage of power isn't immediately profitable, and in a capitalist reward system it's hard to see how that work would get prioritized to the same level as simply increasing power. I'd never thought of this balancing of progress perspective, thanks for such a thought provoking comment!