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My main problem with the current system is that it has become disconnected from economic value creation. It has become a game of who can come up with the better
by jongjong 4y ago
My main problem with the current system is that it has become disconnected from economic value creation. It has become a game of who can come up with the better extractive scheme. Who can work the money printer and the government. A negative-sum game akin to musical chairs or squid game.
The worst part is the constant gaslighting by elites who keep repeating the sermon about how the pie can be made bigger; while they themselves are laser-focused on expanding their extractive moats. They're even building moats around their moats by monopolizing the media and public communication channels (via algorithms) to shift all opportunities towards themselves... In an environment where they already have so many opportunities that they can't even read their own inbox!
The average elite's idea of 'spam' is the average person's idea of 'opportunity of a lifetime'. The inability of the elite to facilitate opportunities due to the complete saturation of their attention bandwidth may be the biggest waste of opportunities and human potential we've ever seen. That's why we need decentralization and why we need to move away from a monetary environment which artificially facilitates infinite wealth compounding.
Regular people aren't even talking to each other now. The free market is dead. Everyone is too busy trying to score some funding from elites who keep ignoring them. Why are regular people so focused on raising money from elites instead of getting together and bootstrapping? Because they know what's going on; they know it's the only way to succeed!
Because the pie is shrinking and the only way to get a tiny piece is to ask someone who has a huge piece to share theirs.
- e_i_pi_2 4y ago> It has become a game of who can come up with the better extractive scheme. Who can work the money printer and the government. A negative-sum game akin to musical chairs or squid game. This perfectly characterizes my concern with Elon Musk - he cosplays as a fighter for the proletariat while clearly pursuing goals that aren't guaranteed to help the average person in any time span. "Maybe eventually it will be good for everyone", but with no clear plans to get there or safeguards in place to guide the system.
- inkblotuniverse 4y agoBetter satellite internet helps people, I think. So do better cars, in principle. Cheaper space access means every useful thing done in orbit becomes more accessible.
- e_i_pi_2 4y ago> So do better cars, in principle The "in principle" part is what concerns me. Cars that are cheaper and more reliable are definitely good, but if that's taking resources away from public transit (or worse by using the Boring company to delay and sabotage public transit options) then it seems like definitely a net negative for most people, sold under the guise of helping them with technology I really hope he does truly want to help people and is just making mistakes right now, but it keeps seeming more malicious over time
- andrei_says_ 4y agoI love this comparison. Seems like the acceptance of a zero sum game applied to relationships as reality is detrimental to large groups. (Zero proof for this hypothesis, just experience). On the other hand, accepting that we live on a planet with limited resources, in a biosphere (not “environment”) which can only take so much destabilizing impact before it becomes unliveable, is important. Our minds seem to embrace the former and refuse the latter.
- inkblotuniverse 4y agoThe latter is being used by elites as a justification to take resources from the plebes while maintaining their own quality of life. Celebrities taking private jets to climate conferences.