There's a little bit of theimpossible1 inside all of us humans.
As much as I'd like that, I really hope not. A society cannot function if everyone is like me. The vast majority of the companies in the world would be driven to bankruptcy if everyone was as serious as I try to be about boycotting.
That's without considering what a society of people who trust hardly anyone would actually be like, and the obvious effects on reproduction.
The vast majority of the companies in the world would be driven to bankruptcy if everyone was as serious as I try to be about boycotting.
No, they would just not engage in madness. If you make it more costly for them to do A, whatever A is, they will be less likely to do A.
That's without considering what a society of people who trust hardly anyone
So called low trust societies don't work very well. That said, I think a healthy mistrust of humanity is a pretty good thing. Humanity is fallen, after all. If anything, I would say your mistrust is too limited.
They already engaged in it and I don't forgive enemies, as you know from our argument about Rocket League's virtue signal, where I said the only way I'd be happy is if the developer folded.
Fair point.
It'd still be better than the current system, where only the stupid reproduce.
As much as I'd like that, I really hope not. A society cannot function if everyone is like me. The vast majority of the companies in the world would be driven to bankruptcy if everyone was as serious as I try to be about boycotting.
That's without considering what a society of people who trust hardly anyone would actually be like, and the obvious effects on reproduction.
Maybe I'm over-thinking it.
No, they would just not engage in madness. If you make it more costly for them to do A, whatever A is, they will be less likely to do A.
So called low trust societies don't work very well. That said, I think a healthy mistrust of humanity is a pretty good thing. Humanity is fallen, after all. If anything, I would say your mistrust is too limited.
That is a real problem, yes.
A common theme.
They already engaged in it and I don't forgive enemies, as you know from our argument about Rocket League's virtue signal, where I said the only way I'd be happy is if the developer folded.
Fair point.
It'd still be better than the current system, where only the stupid reproduce.