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I don't think that this meshes very well with your previous post, where you claimed: "But if there is a systemic-level issue, systemic-level intervention is pr
by waps 12y ago
I don't think that this meshes very well with your previous post, where you claimed:
"But if there is a systemic-level issue, systemic-level intervention is precisely the right response. Individualist attempts to address systemic issues are mostly romanticism."
Systemic level intervention without individuals contributing to the effort will simply be fighting against exponential growth. It'll work really well in the beginning ... and fail.
I am aware that the requirement that any intervention policy must create a Nash balance is an onerous requirement. But you should treat it as a law of nature. It's a requirement that defines reality.
I am simply saying that your claim of government intervention simply fixing things is akin to saying that gravity can be ignored when building bridges. Reality just doesn't work that way. Anything that isn't a Nash balance will crash and burn, just like any bridge that isn't stable under gravity.
- _delirium 12y agoSure, intervention should also be designed in a way that works, and monitored/adapted so it continues to do so. :-) What I have in mind as "romanticism" is the more American idea that major societal problems just need some Ingenious Great Men to fix them (maybe together with something vague like "startups" and "innovation"), rather than actual policies.