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99 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 25 Jun \ parent \ on: Are software engineers more likely to be socialist? AskSN
It also hasn't occurred to them that many systems are not broken. They are working as DESIGNED!
I ALWAYS lead with this when I talk about the problems with communism/socialism.
Even if you have the smartest people in the world and the most moral people in the world setting it up and facilitating it you'd still fail. Why? The calculation problem. Of course the AI maxis will probably think they can do it... if people can't get that this is a fool's errand I don't waste my time.
Usually these people are very naive in many other areas as well. Looking at incentives is a great angle to take on so many things. Usually the people that get incentives aren't engineers unless they have worked with the UX or marketing side of the businesses. I've always worked closely with those sides and I'm able to talk to normal people and engineers alike. Bridging the divide. Empathy is undervalued as a learned skill IMO. It can be a multiplier for an engineer's career.
It's a great point. Public Choice Theory is the other death blow to statism. Even if it could be planned, no group of real human beings would plan it to optimize the general welfare.
the AI maxis will probably think they can do it
They do...but, again, it's only because they don't actually bother to learn what the calculation problem is.
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