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Money is a fantastic motivator, as evidence by how quickly flaws in systems are gamed in order to attain it. It's not money that's failing, it's the rule-maste
by BobbyJo 4y ago
Money is a fantastic motivator, as evidence by how quickly flaws in systems are gamed in order to attain it.
It's not money that's failing, it's the rule-masters. Agents can't work well in systems with bad rules.
- anigbrowl 4y agoNo, it's money. Because the rule-masters you complain about are just optimizing for more money.
- BobbyJo 4y agoSounds like a good motivator if even the rule-masters are chasing it.
- anigbrowl 4y agoIt can be a good motivator and till be failing to serve any greater social purpose. People and organizations can get addicted to money exactly the same as people get addicted to sugar, nicotine, or cocaine. Addicts can be enormously tenacious, creative, and resourceful, but only to the end of feeding their addiction.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoThis is an interesting line of reasoning, does it also apply to HN karma and the big acquirers of karma?
- anigbrowl 4y agoIt could. Some people pursue it very aggressively, optimizing submission times and autoposting submissions of new papers or blog posts, for example. I recall one semi-spam account that was set up to submit anything relating to Ruby, including videos that happened to mention gemstones in the title.
- BobbyJo 4y agoTotally agree. I was just taking issue with the blame on money specifically. Money is working as intended. The rules in which money is operating are fundamentally broken though, no doubt.