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Well doesn't that counteract pleasantness in an absolute sense? I would argue there has never truly been a society aimed at equality on a large scale. I don't c
by Avicebron 6y ago
Well doesn't that counteract pleasantness in an absolute sense? I would argue there has never truly been a society aimed at equality on a large scale. I don't consider the implementation of communism to have been truly aimed at equality and certainly didn't end that way.
- renewiltord 6y agoIn a POSIWID sense, systems that claim to be equality systems are actually aiming at Gini 1. Therefore, my priors on the outcomes likely if I am to go along with an equality-optimizer are high that I will end up a serf and near zero that I will end up equal participant in the commune. My priors on the outcomes likely if I am to go along with a top-line optimizer are high that he will make out like a bandit, I will make out like a bandit's brother's mechanic, and low that he will eat me. Merely empirically, optimizing for happiness of the bottom quartile, I should never choose the guy who claims to be an equality-optimizer. America is prosperous and peaceful and a veritable font of innovation. Her poorest are wealthy. Her hungriest are satiated. It's working. I'm going to double down. And double down again. It's going to keep working.
- Avicebron 6y agoWouldn't it be Gini 0?
- renewiltord 6y agoNo, that's the point. Everyone claiming to minimize Gini gets Gini 1, so in a POSIWID sense, the system that claims to minimize Gini is aiming at maximizing Gini.
- Avicebron 6y agoCitation?
- renewiltord 6y agoProbably not going to look for one, sorry. You may prefix "From what I can see" wherever necessary should you wish to soften the claims.
- Avicebron 6y agoI happily offer you a birth on Skid Row LA.
- renewiltord 6y agoBetter than where I started out. Rewind me to childhood and I'll take the trade.