if you're trying to slay Moloch in any realm other than the territory of the human heart, you're gonna fail over, and over
you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail
River Kennax.comif you're trying to slay Moloch in any realm other than the territory of the human heart, you're gonna fail over, and over you might fail in interesting and scintillating ways -- but you're gonna fail
"Once one agent learns how to become more competitive by sacrificing a common value, all its competitors must also sacrifice that value or be outcompeted and replaced by the less scrupulous. Therefore, the system is likely to end up with everyone once again equally competitive, but the sacrificed value is gone forever. "
slatestarcodex.com • Meditations on Moloch
So if you care about something, make sure you build a good, strong incentive to keep it from going to shit. Because if you don’t, that’s exactly where it will go.
David Pinsof • Why Things Go to Shit
How frequently do we embrace Band-Aids, temporary treatment, and other inadequate solutions in lieu of doing the real work of addressing the core foundational flaws of our social systems?