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You're giving them too much credit. They're just blindly seeking profit. Humans are not that good at planning longer than 6 months to 5 years out. The brain is
by Herring 8mo ago
You're giving them too much credit. They're just blindly seeking profit.
Humans are not that good at planning longer than 6 months to 5 years out. The brain is legacy hardware, optimized for the Pleistocene epoch. Reward circuitry (Striatum) often overpowers logical simulation (Cortex).
- sebmellen 7mo agoThe other thing is, we can't stop. Someone always will outcompete you if you try to pause.
- Herring 7mo agoWhen you're stuck in a race to the bottom, the solution is to work together. Eg carbon taxes are quite effective. But that also requires being able to see far ahead.
- giraffe_lady 7mo ago"Easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism."