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Very often our discussions on these topics tend to dwell on the supposedly unethical behaviour of this or that corporate actor. Instead, maybe we should recogni
by atlantic 12y ago
Very often our discussions on these topics tend to dwell on the supposedly unethical behaviour of this or that corporate actor. Instead, maybe we should recognize that incentives to lobby (and sometimes, to cheat and bribe), are built into the system, and focus on changing the institutions so that such incentives are removed. And in this area, modelling could play a big role.
- nitrogen 12y agoSince we're talking about a feedback loop, rather than a straight-line system with a start and an end, there is no "right" place to intervene; we have to adjust every entity in the feedback loop together. A lot of popular debates come down to people treating a feedback loop as a straight line, and picking different points on the loop as starting points. Some examples: nature vs. nurture, lobbying vs. corruption, chemistry vs. thoughts (e.g. in cases of depression).