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People respond to incentives. If we as a society incentivised community projects then we’d see more of them.
by jahewson 7y ago
People respond to incentives. If we as a society incentivised community projects then we’d see more of them.
- Ididntdothis 7y agoThat's correct. I don't think we do though. Maybe there is some talk but the real money is in selling ads and other stuff.
- shoo 7y agoindividuals in government and society in turn responds to advertising, lobbying, influence, bribery from vested interests... So you can ask the question: if it would be rational for society to do $THING in its own collective self-interest, e.g. incentivize more community projects, then why doesn't it do that? And perhaps the answer is, within the current context, moving to that new state is no longer reachable...
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoThe other answer is the cult mythology that claims perfect financial selfishness is perfectly rational and no other moral system is tolerable. When your value system is narcissism with book keeping, the consequences are perfectly predictable.
- inimino 7y agoAt some point there needs to be a moral responsibility on the part of the people creating incentive systems. Including those of us in tech.