michaelkeenan comments on When Willpower Attacks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: michaelkeenan 05 October 2009 02:58:56AM 1 point [-]

According to Aaron Haspel, "it is the incorruptible politician who is especially dangerous."

I didn't immediately see what he was getting at, but today a parallel occurred to me: a powerful, incorruptible politician is like a person with great willpower. Directing great resources to the wrong project can do a lot of harm, at individual and society-wide levels.