roland comments on Rationality Quotes October 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roland 23 October 2011 04:43:31PM 1 point [-]

There can be no "have to" when there is a fairly strong possibility that nothing can be done, because incentives, biases and plain ignorance are aligned in such a way that effective positive action will bring overwhelming response against it. Anyone who thinks voting will solve anything has quite a bit of a way to go in my mind.

Wow, my thoughts, I'm surprised to read them here. ;)