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So a system that relies on people being altruistic can work fine as long as people feel good about being altruistic?
by neolog 5y ago
So a system that relies on people being altruistic can work fine as long as people feel good about being altruistic?
- WalterBright 5y agoIt can work fine if they can find enough people who feel good about being altruistic and don't want more. There are certainly people like that. Are there enough to run an economy? Not remotely. Are there enough to run a largish organization? Nope.
- neolog 5y ago> Are there enough to run a largish organization? Nope. I'm not convinced this is true. I can think of some small organizations full of employees who could make more money elsewhere but who are dedicated to an altruistic cause.
- WalterBright 5y ago> small Sounds like you agree with me. BTW, the D Language Foundation is an example :-)
- neolog 5y agoI can think of a bunch of small organizations. Together that's enough people to fill a large organization. Maybe there are some other properties of large organizations that make it impossible to compose them out of altruistic people.
- WalterBright 5y agoI can't think of any large organization that operates without people motivated by their self interest. Can you?
- neolog 5y agoI can't think of any large organizations containing only people who are financially secure, which seems like basically a prerequisite.