Inverse Machiavellianism


Inverse Machiavellianism

Originally shared by Meg L

So let me get this straight.....

(Clearest summary I've read so far. No really.)

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  1. Gaffer VenarJune 30, 2016 at 8:30 AM

    The problem, thank you, is the bankers.

    They insist they're owed billions and billions. Iceland said no, and imprisoned their liars and cheats.
    England and America have more corrupt politicians and bankers, though, and America's prisons are already overcrowded with a lot of formerly nonviolent people for someone else's profit.

    Eventually, we humans need One System. It must be flexible enough to plummet our geeks and heroes into "outer space" and maintain in honor the cultural traditions of nontechnological peoples as well. We must put aside our ancient bigotries, and function together. None of these current systems are heading toward that, and it pains me.

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  2. Drew McCarthyJune 30, 2016 at 8:38 AM

    Yes, well... One System is likely to lead to enforced conformity, which is problematic, is it not?
    I'd like to think that the biggest principles of Love and Justice are that Universal, but most modern Game Theory seems to disagree. Good Behavior apparently doesn't scale as well as Bad Behavior.

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  3. Timothy StreetJune 30, 2016 at 9:31 AM

    "Blackmail, Jeeves?"
    "Or power politics, sir . . . ."

    At times, I believe we are blessed that the politicians are so inept. : /

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  4. Gaffer VenarJune 30, 2016 at 11:14 AM

    No. One system does not mean conformity. We have the capability and resources to solve certain such as pollution and homelessness and hunger, because we're stuck on the notion of profit and money.

    If compassion could be more important, we could address everything in a respectful way (fairness, as opposed to rote legal equality), and still come out with a tremendous abundance for our species.

    Hate makes waste.

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  5. Drew McCarthyJune 30, 2016 at 11:48 AM

    Well... One System = Monoculture = Requirements of Conformity.
    I'd like to think we could usefully distill and apply Universal Principles and Procedures to governance, but we can't even do that with the much narrower subset of Programming Languages, so...

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  6. Gaffer VenarJune 30, 2016 at 2:24 PM

    Governance isn't the issue. Resources are. Humans are.

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