Vladimir_Nesov comments on Our House, My Rules - Less Wrong

36 Post author: David_J_Balan 02 November 2009 12:44AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 02 November 2009 03:44:37PM *  9 points [-]

Here's a set of laws I'd really like to try as a social experiment. [...]

Does anybody think it's actually a good idea (and not just a funny joke, or fuzzy-generating slogan)? Except for a few cases where it is, it seems emphatically not.

Comment author: JulianMorrison 02 November 2009 03:46:54PM *  3 points [-]

Eh? What is? The idea of social experiments? Yes I think they're a good idea. And unavoidable too - there are too many variables moving fast and now for much cultural stability at the moment. The main question is whether to prefer organically grown cultural shifts, or forays into deliberate design.