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The "allocation of resources", while influenced by many factors I don't care to debate about in this comment (politics, lobbying, uber wealthy, all of those sti

by Ixiaus 13y ago

The "allocation of resources", while influenced by many factors I don't care to debate about in this comment (politics, lobbying, uber wealthy, all of those sticky topics), is largely determined by market forces and your statement that the market's allocation is a waste is shortsighted because an environment in which someone decided what people should or should not be working on is an environment I want no part in. I also think, despite its many warts, our environment (that of the USA and the tech / startup industry) is an arena within which agents can operate competitively and towards their own ends. Is what we are doing the right way to do it for everyone? I'm not sure and it's also not my place to make that sort of judgement. But I do know it is working exceedingly well for many of us, improving the quality of life and advancing the state of our society.

Ixiaus 13y ago
Downvotes but no arguments? Is this reddit pitchforking?
jjoonathan 13y ago
> The "allocation of resources" is largely determined by market forces Yes, I understand that. Sometimes this leads to a healthy, competitive environment with some seriously awesome features (the ability to replace incumbents, supply/demand matching, abundant opportunity, etc). But sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it does crazy, stupid, wasteful things. Sometimes market forces are smarter than political forces in that they force people to deal rationally with unpleasant truths. Sometimes markets are dumb as bricks and create unpleasant truths all on their own. My post did not propose any form of socialism. In fact, it didn't propose any solution at all. My post merely asked you to not pretend that the market's shit doesn't stink. > your statement that the market's allocation is a waste is shortsighted because an environment in which someone decided what people should or should not be working on is an environment I want no part in. I don't see how your desires relate to the shortsightedness of the plan I never proposed. > I do know it is working exceedingly well Is that a base rate fallacy or a "screw you, I have mine"? I can't tell.
- Ixiaus 13y ago
  Thanks for replying. > My post did not propose any form of socialism. In fact, it didn't propose any solution at all. Looks like I read too much into your post I suppose and you're right that you didn't propose a solution. In that case I think I reacted to the idea I projected into your comment that the "solution" to the problem you're referencing was external resource allocation (rather than that determined by the market) - which is something I disagree with but maybe there's something there I should analyze about myself. > I don't see how your desires relate to the shortsightedness of the plan I never proposed. Again, you're correct here. It's obvious to me at this point that I was too emotionally involved in my interpretation of what you wrote. > Is that a base rate fallacy ... There was "screw you" content in there because I was projecting on to you something to resist and push against but I'm aware now of where my fault was. I'm intelligent enough to know that it is indeed a base rate fallacy so I have no excuse. Thanks for taking the time to reply and thank you, also, for your candor.

by Ixiaus 13y ago

Ixiaus 13y ago

Downvotes but no arguments? Is this reddit pitchforking?

jjoonathan 13y ago

> The "allocation of resources" is largely determined by market forces Yes, I understand that. Sometimes this leads to a healthy, competitive environment with some seriously awesome features (the ability to replace incumbents, supply/demand matching, abundant opportunity, etc). But sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it does crazy, stupid, wasteful things. Sometimes market forces are smarter than political forces in that they force people to deal rationally with unpleasant truths. Sometimes markets are dumb as bricks and create unpleasant truths all on their own. My post did not propose any form of socialism. In fact, it didn't propose any solution at all. My post merely asked you to not pretend that the market's shit doesn't stink. > your statement that the market's allocation is a waste is shortsighted because an environment in which someone decided what people should or should not be working on is an environment I want no part in. I don't see how your desires relate to the shortsightedness of the plan I never proposed. > I do know it is working exceedingly well Is that a base rate fallacy or a "screw you, I have mine"? I can't tell.

Ixiaus 13y ago
Thanks for replying. > My post did not propose any form of socialism. In fact, it didn't propose any solution at all. Looks like I read too much into your post I suppose and you're right that you didn't propose a solution. In that case I think I reacted to the idea I projected into your comment that the "solution" to the problem you're referencing was external resource allocation (rather than that determined by the market) - which is something I disagree with but maybe there's something there I should analyze about myself. > I don't see how your desires relate to the shortsightedness of the plan I never proposed. Again, you're correct here. It's obvious to me at this point that I was too emotionally involved in my interpretation of what you wrote. > Is that a base rate fallacy ... There was "screw you" content in there because I was projecting on to you something to resist and push against but I'm aware now of where my fault was. I'm intelligent enough to know that it is indeed a base rate fallacy so I have no excuse. Thanks for taking the time to reply and thank you, also, for your candor.