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It's worth noting that the government surveillance secret wasn't actually kept very well, largely because of exactly the effect that Chomsky describes -- keepin
by humbledrone 5y ago
It's worth noting that the government surveillance secret wasn't actually kept very well, largely because of exactly the effect that Chomsky describes -- keeping all the numerous people in on the secret didn't work, and so we found out about it. I'd argue that the government surveillance example actually strengthens Chomsky's argument.
- Dnsv 5y agoIt's really about the upper limit of what a 6 inch chimp brain can process. Or a group of chimps can process. Whether it's a chimp in govt or outside Rationality has an Upper Bound. Stick that on the Fridge. When the problem faced is too complex and that upper bound naturally gets hit stories flow out of the head on both sides. The right move is not to focus on the stories. The right move, for this has been studied for a long time under the Theory of Bounded Rationality, is to focus on simpler problems.