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What should they be based on? Its kind of stupid to ask people to behave like Spock like value maximizing machines.
by bongoman37 6y ago
What should they be based on? Its kind of stupid to ask people to behave like Spock like value maximizing machines.
- drdeadringer 6y agoWhile I see your point, I find commuting umpteen hours for a 5 minute conversation that could have been over the phone, over email, or over zoom-skype-jitsi rather soul-sucking. And Spock did have emotions.
- cblconfederate 6y ago> like value maximizing machines. thats the job of a head of state
- ben_w 6y agoMore like the Tal Shiar, if we’re using Trek references — politicians don’t try to deny emotions.
- cblconfederate 6y agothey should, it's just a job, not their personal drama
- ben_w 6y agoEveryone’s personal drama is their job, to some extent or another. You don’t get to run a country unless you can get people emotionally invested in you doing so, because if the electorate — be it the whole nation in a democracy or the aristocrats in a monarchy — is not into you, they’ll pick someone else instead of you.
- cblconfederate 6y agothe issue with democracy is that, because it relies on popularity, it selects for self-absorbed sociopaths. Being one is essential for getting elected but a nightmare after election
- ben_w 6y agoYou may find this worth your time: https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs https://youtu.be/rStL7niR7gs
- cblconfederate 6y agowe dont call heads of government rulers anymore, and being ruled is not something we aspire to