I agree with you. This is the world as we know it.
We are, however, exploring here. What would be the point of an exploration if we remain stuck in the old paradigms. Just because most of this world is a masked oligarchy where people with money control public policy does not mean that a more just and rational political representation can ever exist.
As far as exploring goes, good exploring is about describing how alternatives could work.
I agree with you. [...] What would be the point of an exploration if we remain stuck in the old paradigms.
No, I don’t think you understand me. I’m not the person to advocate staying in old paradigms. It’s just that being a heretic is hard work.
The argument that you are making isn’t a new paradigm it’s not much different from what Marx said 150 years ago. It’s old. A new argument about that we have measurement about rich people having less empathy but otherwise it’s all old and boring.
I agree. I’m only at the beginning. One of the reasons I started to lurk around here is a need for clarity in my own thinking. I often am vague and expose half baked ideas. I hope that this will change in time.
I agree. I’m only at the beginning. One of the reasons I started to lurk around here is a need for clarity in my own thinking.
You need more than clarity in your own thinking. You also need to understand the positions of others.
I know how a German political party works from the inside. I have to extrapolate from that if I’m talking about US politics but I don’t just say that something is bad because I don’t understand what it’s good for.
I agree with you. This is the world as we know it.
We are, however, exploring here. What would be the point of an exploration if we remain stuck in the old paradigms. Just because most of this world is a masked oligarchy where people with money control public policy does not mean that a more just and rational political representation can ever exist.
As far as exploring goes, good exploring is about describing how alternatives could work.
No, I don’t think you understand me. I’m not the person to advocate staying in old paradigms. It’s just that being a heretic is hard work.
The argument that you are making isn’t a new paradigm it’s not much different from what Marx said 150 years ago. It’s old. A new argument about that we have measurement about rich people having less empathy but otherwise it’s all old and boring.
As far as what I wrote lately about my political philosophy the posts I wrote in http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/jmt/some_tools_for_optimizing_our_media_use/ might be interesting for you.
I agree. I’m only at the beginning. One of the reasons I started to lurk around here is a need for clarity in my own thinking. I often am vague and expose half baked ideas. I hope that this will change in time.
You need more than clarity in your own thinking. You also need to understand the positions of others.
I know how a German political party works from the inside. I have to extrapolate from that if I’m talking about US politics but I don’t just say that something is bad because I don’t understand what it’s good for.