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People. We can all disagree with Mr. Thiel and call him a scumbag which will make him more extreme and everyone off more poorly, or we try to understand each ot
by huijzer 3y ago
People. We can all disagree with Mr. Thiel and call him a scumbag which will make him more extreme and everyone off more poorly, or we try to understand each other in the hope of getting to a better place.
I disagree with many of Thiel‘s viewpoints, but also agree with many of his viewpoints. For example, he beliefs that the government should be smaller and I think that there is certainly a point there. As Taleb also has argued, it’s better to have systems as small as possible so governments should probably be smaller. Look at the effectiveness of small countries like Switzerland for example. Or look at how ineffective academia is.
- pdhborges 3y agoIf a government is small does it have enough power to impose the rule of law and be an economic and social moderator ?
- huijzer 3y agoDepends on how small it is. What I can argue for is that there are probably parts of the government that could be removed. Bureaucracy in Western countries has only increased over the last 60 years, for example. Rules are almost never removed.
- andsoitis 3y ago> If a government is small does it have enough power to impose the rule of law and be an economic and social moderator ? That's a very binary take. Nobody argues for "smaller in all dimensions", just smaller in specific dimensions.
- ofcourseyoudo 3y ago> Or look at how ineffective academia is. Ineffective? Huge chunks of the tech industry have descended directly from academia. Or are you using a definition of academia that begs your own question?