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That's what I found so dystopian about web3. It seemed they were trying to financialize everything, declaring they were making payments frictionless while inser
by NoCoooode 2y ago
That's what I found so dystopian about web3. It seemed they were trying to financialize everything, declaring they were making payments frictionless while inserting themselves into every new financial stream they were trying to create.
As for a16z, andreeson's 30k word moronic Randian rant speaks for itself. People obsessed with optimization should not be involved in public policy.
- karaterobot 2y ago> People obsessed with optimization should not be involved in public policy. I mean, they should. It would be cool if we could optimize public policy. Optimize means make as effective as possible, right? They should just not be so laser-focused on one metric that they're blind to the side effects created by optimizing for it.
- DanHulton 2y agoYou missed the key word "obsessed," and so I think you're agreeing, just with different words. A counterpoint, though, just for fun. Optimizing for one thing usually means tradeoffs in another. Optimize for space, lose out on time. Optimize for efficiency, lose out on resiliency. Time spent optimizing one metric means time lost for working on others, that kind of thing. There are a lot of qualities you want from those who work on policy, but "hyperfocusing on pet policies and specific metrics" ain't one of them.