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reltbracco | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I’m not aware of these statistics, but I maintain that giving people tools to help them find what they want is not the problem. What they want is probably the problem.  

Just like becoming wealthy doesn’t make you into a bad or high time preference person, but if you are this kind of person and become wealthy, “there will be signs” and you screw up extravagantly. 

Cultures can only be saved by encouraging the people in them to be wise and make good decisions. When prevailing trends point them the opposite way, I blame that, not tools that simply make reaching their goals more efficient. 

Jesus fixes this. Bitcoin can help a little.
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nicodemus | 10 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Agree on all counts. 

Only thing I’d add is that the tools lack of friction for behavior A vs the harder behavior B pretty much guarantees a saturation of behavior A.  That’s my issue. Not calling for online dating to be abolished or anything draconian like that. 

Like you, I’m in favor of seeking and disseminating wisdom. It’s been a necessary drive just for my own survival. 

I see less and less of that drive these days for many reasons. There’s this time pressure that seems to be at the core of things - maybe it’s @saifedean ‘s high-time-preference behavior due to an inability to plan/save for the future. Or, maybe it’s because much of our wisdom is passed down from our elders, and the current elders - generally speaking - have been far more self-absorbed than any previous generation (thats not up for debate - wealth distribution, alone, tells the tale).  It’s almost like hubris, itself, is being handed down. 

100%. Reading the Bible. While sitting next to the ocean. Under a starry night. People need to realize how small they are and seek out bigger things. Filtering the world to what they already think they know is biblically lethal.