[HN Gopher] We Don't Know, But Let's Try It
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       We Don't Know, But Let's Try It
        
       Author : samclemens
       Score  : 42 points
       Date   : 2021-06-23 04:20 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | maverick-iceman wrote:
       | Having the courage to try stuff out is the biggest 'tragedy of
       | the commons' problem we face
       | 
       | People think it's taxation or CO2 emissions driving climate
       | change, but they are such a tiny fraction of the lack of courage
       | problem.
       | 
       | Because in the end that's how progress happens, a bunch of people
       | trying so many different approaches and statistically one of them
       | sticks, then everybody copies and adopts that...and that's how
       | truly big leap forward are made (in the capitalistic sense)
       | 
       | I am convinced that it should be nature to kill business idas and
       | economic ideas, the brain should not do any triage.
       | 
       | Instead we triage more than ever because all we care about is the
       | prize of the monetary compensation and associated climbing of the
       | social ladder . It is truly a tragedy of the commons because if
       | we collectively decided to try and take on our ideas , then the
       | amount of quality of life unleashed by the successful ones would
       | make what we today consider "making it" pale in comparison.
       | 
       | We are all guilty of it.
        
         | infogulch wrote:
         | It's hard to condemn someone for failing to try to implement
         | their idea when the attempt comes with such a high opportunity
         | cost and risk. Who is going to bear that risk? Their friends
         | and family? Their children? And who will take the blame when
         | 999/1000 of them fail and are forced onto the street?
         | 
         | Maybe this is an argument for UBI-style social security, that
         | it would free millions of people from bearing direct
         | responsibility for their livelihood and enable them to pursue
         | otherwise risky ideas, and the explosion of ideas being tested
         | against reality would maximize the value that every individual
         | could provide. It certainly sounds romantic, but forgive me for
         | being a bit skeptical that it would actually be good for the
         | people involved.
         | 
         | Spend too much time in chaos and you'll be scorched,
         | sandblasted to the bone by it. Fail to confront it at all by
         | hiding behind order and you'll decay from the inside out. The
         | human condition is to stand on the border of renewing chaos and
         | stabilizing order. You need both.
        
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