Nornagest comments on Imperfect Levers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nornagest 17 November 2010 10:39:07PM *  3 points [-]

It's not entirely clear, but I get the impression that the OP is mainly concerned with how efficiently organizational effort satisfies our long-term preferences. If I'm right, then specifying the goal precisely would amount to solving the "meaning of right" problem, which is probably why the post seems a little muddled.

As to organizational vs. individual rationality, I broadly AWYC -- but with the caveats that the optimal organizational design is not identical for all problems, and that I don't have anything approaching a proof.