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That's a trash ad-hominem argument. "Everything is made up" is probably one of the more important arguments to be made, and we'd all be better off if it was ta
by jrm4 4y ago
That's a trash ad-hominem argument.
"Everything is made up" is probably one of the more important arguments to be made, and we'd all be better off if it was taken more seriously. It's difficult to reckon with and it's noisy, but that doesn't make it any less true or valuable.
I think it's especially important when trying to figure out regulation, taxes, and broadly how we deal with rich people in the world.
The belief that money is concrete and real helps cement unworthy powerful people. It's good to chip away at it.
- xorcist 4y agoEspecially so in an era of inflation and increasing interest rates. We, somehow, collectively decided to have it this way. It is not a law of nature!
- jrm4 4y agoLook, I literally have a degree in economics from an Ivy league university, and I promise you I didn't come close to actually understanding any of it until many years after graduating -- by including the "it's all made up part." Really, video games and thinking about video game design helped me get it. Because it's a design, and not something like science or nature. It's not that real or unexpected consequences don't happen -- of course they do. But it's exactly like what happens in game dev, because someone tweaks rules.