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I've got to wonder what the equilibrium result is when this has almost 400 upvotes. Obviously this sort of zero-sum strategy only works when most people are una
by jeffreyrogers 6y ago
I've got to wonder what the equilibrium result is when this has almost 400 upvotes. Obviously this sort of zero-sum strategy only works when most people are unaware of it.
- therein 6y agoThe dynamics will ensure that it goes on. It isn't all that different than the illusion of democracy in the broader world. It takes much more than just the awareness of the gimmick to expose and address it.
- jeffreyrogers 6y agoI definitely don't think it will go away. I meant more that now a bunch of people who previously didn't think this way who work in tech companies have read this essay, so some fraction of them are going to start acting in accordance with it.