It’s not pedantic if it impacts the model significantly, and I think it does. Patient: “Doctor, it hurts when I do this”. Doctor: “Don’t do that.”.
If there are literal barriers to exit, that explains why people stay in situations they don’t like. If there are only perceptual barriers to exit, one has to ask why a small amount of thought/education isn’t sufficient to free them.
We probably do need to answer the question “is all of western middle-class ambition (single-family dwelling, atomic family, mild status games with the neighbors, etc.” a moral maze? Zvi seems to be saying no, but then “can’t make as much money if you leave this horrible company” isn’t an actual barrier, just a perceptual one.
I think trivial inconveniences are more than enough to count as a significant barrier to exit, and these are not trivial inconveniences being discussed. Small amounts of thought / education fail to change behavior all the time.
It’s not pedantic if it impacts the model significantly, and I think it does. Patient: “Doctor, it hurts when I do this”. Doctor: “Don’t do that.”.
If there are literal barriers to exit, that explains why people stay in situations they don’t like. If there are only perceptual barriers to exit, one has to ask why a small amount of thought/education isn’t sufficient to free them.
We probably do need to answer the question “is all of western middle-class ambition (single-family dwelling, atomic family, mild status games with the neighbors, etc.” a moral maze? Zvi seems to be saying no, but then “can’t make as much money if you leave this horrible company” isn’t an actual barrier, just a perceptual one.
I think trivial inconveniences are more than enough to count as a significant barrier to exit, and these are not trivial inconveniences being discussed. Small amounts of thought / education fail to change behavior all the time.