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It's also a food for thought that we almost certainly are in that timeline in other areas too. Take your chosen Hawk button issue like net neutrality, walled ga
by Fade_Dance 2y ago
It's also a food for thought that we almost certainly are in that timeline in other areas too. Take your chosen Hawk button issue like net neutrality, walled gardens, anti-competitive acquisitions, or some of the more outright antitrust agreements such as those that are displayed in the recent Google lawsuit (do business with us and be forced to sign an agreement to shut out all of our direct competition, ex: offer a non-Google Android fork and get banned from offering the Play Store on all of the company's devices).
Practices like abuse of the legal system have deleterious effects in our specific timeline, but I've always thought that for so many things, It's the opportunity cost that dominates. So many fruitful branches get snipped at the bud. Yes, as you said, we'll never know, but maybe it's something we should talk about more. What it could look like. It doesn't have to be done with an ideological approach. Looking at higher order effects can help see true costs and benefits.
Edit: I'm not fixing that Auto-correct. This post has a Hawk button. Press it, I dare you...
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- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoNot stopping the Florida recount may have changed the entire trajectory of the 21st century.
- Fade_Dance 2y agoButterfly effect is hard to comprehend isn't it? My favorite tangential stat (adding a little bit of path dependence to the conceptual stew) is the huge difference in outcomes between holding a kid back from first grade or not. For some reason that's something I was always keyed into, even as a little kid. I've always hyper fixated on these possibility nexuses, and had a hard time caring about times when it's hard to break through the walls. Those moments when the threads of fate cross are just so important in the world, and it really is a fundamental phenomenon.
- garaetjjte 2y agoThese recounts wouldn't be enough, full statewide recount was necessary for Gore to win. https://web.archive.org/web/20011203132040/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12623-2001Nov11.html https://web.archive.org/web/20011203132040/https://www.washi...