I like that metaphor, but, you know, decision under uncertainty: we’re on the railroad tracks already, and I’m going to pick up as much free money as I think I can get away with, because I no longer trust the schoolteachers and cops who taught me to sit still and wait for the train.
Implicit in Szabo’s argument is that you may be doing the equivalent of picking up pennies on railroad tracks.
I like that metaphor, but, you know, decision under uncertainty: we’re on the railroad tracks already, and I’m going to pick up as much free money as I think I can get away with, because I no longer trust the schoolteachers and cops who taught me to sit still and wait for the train.