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Is this also your perspective on something like unit testing when your first regression slips through? No, you fix it. Law is code, and needs tuning. When peo
by patcon 6y ago
Is this also your perspective on something like unit testing when your first regression slips through?
No, you fix it. Law is code, and needs tuning.
When people as so inclined to give up on first failing, then I feel it says more about their underlying worldview than it does about what's possible in the world.
- CitrusFruits 6y agoI'd say taxes are less comparable to something that would justify a unit test and more comparable to UX. There's a huge human element that you're just never going to be able to fully control. Entee is just outlining why this approach probably won't work, not saying we shouldn't adjust laws at all to serve all people. TBH, I think your comment says more about your worldview than his.
- patcon 6y agoSorry, "unit tests" prob made it sounds like I think more stochastically than I actually do. Was just trying to use jargon of this place. As a longtime community organizer, the messy human stuff is def where I prefer to operate :) > Thing is we’ve done the experiment and it doesn’t work. My main reaction was discomfort with one observation of a legislative failure being used to advocate discarding a hypothesis * shrug * EDIT: But thanks for reply to my lazy and poorly framed comment!