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>We need to build social systems which don't select for relentless salespeople and smooth talking charlatans if we want to live in a prosperous, harmonious soci
by daenz 4y ago
>We need to build social systems which don't select for relentless salespeople and smooth talking charlatans if we want to live in a prosperous, harmonious society. The optimal proportion of these is in all likelihood not zero, but does anyone believe it's as high as we see now?
I see the good intentions here, but I don't really support it. Would I like people to lie and cheat less? Yes. Would I like a society where nobody can lie and cheat? No, because of what that enforcement would entail.
- walleeee 4y agoAgreed, it's better to tolerate some amount of abuse than eliminate every potential for it by force. I just think it's possible to find a better balance than we have now, if not imperative if we want to survive civilizational adolescence