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Can you expand on the "greatest technology" half of your comment? I can see plenty of clear reasons why bureaucratic collective action is in need of investment
by abeppu 2y ago
Can you expand on the "greatest technology" half of your comment?
I can see plenty of clear reasons why bureaucratic collective action is in need of investment, but I'm predisposed to suspect that's because currently it's pretty bad.
- throwanem 2y agoI believe the claim is that we have no more powerful technology for the coordination of human action at very large scales. If so, I wouldn't disagree.
- padjo 2y agoYeah pretty much. If an extinction level asteroid pops up tomorrow it’s not going to be rugged individualism and entrepreneurial spirit that saves the day, it’s going to be the ability to efficiently coordinate millions of people to achieve a goal.
- chasd00 2y agoin that particular scenario i'm sure SpaceX will be a big part of the solution so... probably a mix of both. A weapon of mass destruction developed by a nation and a space vehicle developed privately by an individual tired of the status quo.
- throwanem 2y agoDeveloped "privately" only in the rather facile sense this can be said of anything done with the necessary support of massive federal funding, yes. It's bureaucracy that allocates and disburses that money.
- padjo 2y agoI suppose by greatest I mean: increasingly important as we scale.