RobinZ comments on Open Thread: April 2010 - Less Wrong
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The problem is that with 'currency' and iterated interactions like that, you start to approximate a concentration or POW camp, with considerable mingling and freedom, which allows bad'uns to thrive. At least, if my reading of literature about said camps (like World of Stone or King Rat) is anything to go by.
The reference to King Rat I can identify with an Internet search - what's World of Stone?
Try "Tadeusz Borowski". Sample quotes:
A (nonfiction) quote I sometimes think of in connection with World of Stone, though it's actually from The Captive Mind, is: