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Yes, but I think that's a bad analogy because winning a chess game is good for you, but preserving a national infrastructure of innovation and manufacturing is
by icarus_drowning 15y ago
Yes, but I think that's a bad analogy because winning a chess game is good for you, but preserving a national infrastructure of innovation and manufacturing is good for everyone.
It can be difficult to make choices that preserve the common good at the expense of one's own short term good.
- nitrogen 15y agopreserving a national infrastructure of innovation and manufacturing is good for everyone. I don't think this is self evident (at least for manufacturing). Why should the focus be on national, as opposed to global welfare? How long before humanity reaches the point where it cares about the fates of all people rather than just a subset defined by national borders?
- icarus_drowning 15y agoWhether one is focusing on national or global wellbeing, the point is the same-- the incentives work against either.