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Counterpoint: vast majority is not making those choices, and if you insist on defying the mainstream, you gradually become separated from human society. This i
by TeMPOraL 1y ago
Counterpoint: vast majority is not making those choices, and if you insist on defying the mainstream, you gradually become separated from human society.
This isn't solvable through individual choice. It's a coordination problem - and coordination problems are what underlies every actually hard problem that humanity is struggling with. War, poverty, authoritarian regimes, corporate overreach, environmental destruction, climate change - all could be solvable though choices like you describe, but in practice are not, because humans can't coordinate at scale.
Relevant search term: "meditations on Moloch".
- txrx0000 1y agoThe direction of society is the aggregate of our individual choices. I'm no expert on coordination, but I think we ought to start with ourselves and not spread misery like "your voice doesn't matter" or "humans can't coordinate at scale".
- bluebarbet 1y agoInteresting exchange! IMO you're both right.
- fsflover 1y agoSee also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_problem