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> the focus should be on the prevention of asymmetric power imbalances in societal transactions The rules governing social systems built to obscure the jungle
by acuozzo 3y ago
> the focus should be on the prevention of asymmetric power imbalances in societal transactions
The rules governing social systems built to obscure the jungle (e.g., political, legal, and penal systems) can always be trumped by that which they were chosen to tame. This is the unfortunate reality of our wetware.
> the thing people actually care about is the risk of bad outcome, not the actual data itself
"Bad" is subjective, no?
Is it good or bad if a father learns that his teenage son is not his own?
- nulcow 3y ago> "Bad" is subjective, no? > Is it good or bad if a father learns that his teenage son is not his own? I feel like that would depend on the person. If the father wanted to know and the son didn't, that would be good for one and bad for the other, and vice versa.