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it was a interesting realization when I came to terms that a great many roles in our society exist because emotions are hard for people to deal with. So we "out
by dpeck 7y ago
it was a interesting realization when I came to terms that a great many roles in our society exist because emotions are hard for people to deal with. So we "outsource" some large percentage of it to someone to be a buffer and absorb/redirect some of it so that the rest of the process goes smoothly.
Its present in some aspects of nearly every field and while its frustrating to those of us who like to think that we're more rational, it is more likely a genius hack of the human system that lets us get things done at scale/speed than otherwise.
- perl4ever 7y agoPeople often say that "homo economicus" is not at all like real humans, but there's a lot of machinery to close the gap.