Seems like a number of the items fall under a common theme/area. I wonder if focusing on them separately rather than perhaps seeing them as different context/representations of a common underlying source is best.
Basically, all the bits about failing governments, societies/cultures/institutions seem to be a rejection of the old “Private Vices, Public Virtues” idea and Smith’s Invisible Hand metaphor. So perhaps the questions might be what’s changed that make those types of superior outcomes from the individual actions that never aimed at such results no longer as effective.
Is there a common gear that is now broken or are these all really independent issues?
Seems like a number of the items fall under a common theme/area. I wonder if focusing on them separately rather than perhaps seeing them as different context/representations of a common underlying source is best.
Basically, all the bits about failing governments, societies/cultures/institutions seem to be a rejection of the old “Private Vices, Public Virtues” idea and Smith’s Invisible Hand metaphor. So perhaps the questions might be what’s changed that make those types of superior outcomes from the individual actions that never aimed at such results no longer as effective.
Is there a common gear that is now broken or are these all really independent issues?