steven0461 comments on The Tragedy of the Social Epistemology Commons - Less Wrong

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Comment author: steven0461 21 May 2010 05:16:10PM *  4 points [-]

Does "winning" mean achieving your "true" values, or does it just mean succeeding at doing something you're trying to do? In the former case, equating "quality of life" to "winning" sneaks in the assumption that people are egoists (and don't care about quantity of life).

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Comment author: orthonormal 23 May 2010 07:15:57PM 1 point [-]

Nicely circular.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 21 May 2010 08:30:15PM *  2 points [-]

That the post is explicitly titled "tragedy of the commons", suggests the position that on the net people are worse off with taking the selfish path, and that current incentives create a problem.