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look around - CA - missionaries have the best real estate. And another related note on connection between strong promotion of devotion to ideas and it is being

by trhway 1y ago

look around - CA - missionaries have the best real estate. And another related note on connection between strong promotion of devotion to ideas and it is being a good business - the Abrahamic monotheism was a result of the successful marketing campaign "only the donations made here are donations to the real god" of that Temple back then against several other competing ones. (Curiously that the current historic stage of AI, on the cusp, be it 3 or 30 years, of emergence of AGI is somewhat close to that point in history back then. Thus in particular a flood of messiahs and doom sayers would only increase.)

timewizard 1y ago
In short: "Liars prosper in the short term."
- trhway 1y ago
  They can prosper longer than you can stay liquid or even alive :)
  - timewizard 1y ago
    That depends on the regulatory environment and the degree of market monopolization.
    - elzbardico 1y ago
      That's why lobbying is a lucrative business. Rent seekers are gonna rent seek.
Quarrelsome 1y ago
> the Abrahamic monotheism was a result of the successful marketing campaign I thought it was because everyone was accepted, technically equal, and sins were seen as something inherent and forgivable (at least with Christianity) whereas paganism and polythiesms can tend towards rewarding those with greater resources (who can afford to sacrifice an entire bull every religious cycle), thereby creating a form of religious inequality. At least that was one of the somewhat compelling arguments I heard that described the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire.