I generally agree that the government is more value aligned, but it is also much less efficient.
In particular it has trouble with fine grained credit assignment. It works well for running a military, it doesn’t work as well in the modern era for research—where anybody with some smarts, the internet, and luck can come up with an idea that is potentially worth billions—without any credentials.
I generally agree that the government is more value aligned, but it is also much less efficient.
In particular it has trouble with fine grained credit assignment. It works well for running a military, it doesn’t work as well in the modern era for research—where anybody with some smarts, the internet, and luck can come up with an idea that is potentially worth billions—without any credentials.
Do you want rewards as a means of getting good outcomes, or as an end in itself?