Yes most people are not exactly overflowing with virtue, and in fact will more likely than not compete in a race to the bottom if given the motivation, but how does that relate?
You had suggested the issues with free-riding/insufficient contributions to public goods, might not be so much of a problem. The linked post suggests otherwise, as it beautifully highlights some of the horrors that come from these issues. It’s point is, even if humans are not all bad as of themselves, within the larger societies, there tend to arise strong incentives, for the individual, to act in the disinterest of society.
It’s point is, even if humans are not all bad as of themselves, within the larger societies, there tend to arise strong incentives, for the individual, to act in the disinterest of society.
Yes, but how does that equate to it being a serious issue for someone like the OP, who is not a super-genius and can’t work a way out of it?
It’s like saying black holes are a serious issue to them because there’s the possibility of a rogue one swallowing up the Earth.
Which in one sense, is true, but seems to be entirely futile because to worry about it is just pounding sand.
Yes most people are not exactly overflowing with virtue, and in fact will more likely than not compete in a race to the bottom if given the motivation, but how does that relate?
You had suggested the issues with free-riding/insufficient contributions to public goods, might not be so much of a problem. The linked post suggests otherwise, as it beautifully highlights some of the horrors that come from these issues. It’s point is, even if humans are not all bad as of themselves, within the larger societies, there tend to arise strong incentives, for the individual, to act in the disinterest of society.
Yes, but how does that equate to it being a serious issue for someone like the OP, who is not a super-genius and can’t work a way out of it?
It’s like saying black holes are a serious issue to them because there’s the possibility of a rogue one swallowing up the Earth.
Which in one sense, is true, but seems to be entirely futile because to worry about it is just pounding sand.