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> Most of the problems with society today, in my opinion, are due to all the formal roadblocks placed up by bureaucratic red tape, instantiated by the labyrinth
by paulryanrogers 2y ago
> Most of the problems with society today, in my opinion, are due to all the formal roadblocks placed up by bureaucratic red tape, instantiated by the labyrinths of government or private human resources departments.
There must be a balance. Without regulation bridges collapse, trains of toxic chemicals derail, and people get poisoned even just by eating and drinking. With too much regulation, innovation is stifled, usually because regulators were captured.
The US seems to have the worst of both, decades of captured regulators and people being harmed by powerful business interests. Meanwhile the public education system gets undermined constantly by a self fulfilling cycle of neglect and deverting funding to private schools.
(Of course in a polarized electorate it's risky to admit both sides have a point, and try to work toward a productive compromise. After all, we can't have our candidate in the wings lose because our opponent incumbent got a 'win'--even if it is most of what we wanted anyway.)
- em-bee 2y agoit's not the regulations that are at issue, but people demanding irrelevant credentials. after a few decades working as a programmer, do my highschool or university grades really still matter? yet some companies ask for them (notably canonical, they are also asking how i did in math in highschool. wat!?)
- paulryanrogers 2y agoIt can be both. University credentials probably have more to do with proof one has grit, or social signaling. Unless it's for a specialized role that needs a certain degree.
- lazide 2y agoYup. It’s also because if they don’t list something to filter, they’ll be inundated with candidates they’ll have to spend more time and energy filtering.
- ryandrake 2y ago> The US seems to have the worst of both, decades of captured regulators and people being harmed by powerful business interests. Meanwhile the public education system gets undermined constantly by a self fulfilling cycle of neglect and deverting funding to private schools. > (Of course in a polarized electorate [...] Although the electorate is polarized, the two major parties do not significantly differ on support for things like regulatory capture, the revolving door between business and government, and the ability to frictionlessly convert back-and-forth between corporate money and political power.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoThey do differ, as Lina Kahn is proving and others before her. Sadly their efforts are too often sabotaged by Republicans who stand in the way or roll back the work.
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