fubarobfusco comments on Links: so-called "knockout game" a "myth and a "bogus trend." - Less Wrong

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 26 November 2013 03:55:53AM *  3 points [-]

"The government" isn't an agent and doesn't respond to incentives. It is a whole bunch of different people with different careers and roles. I wouldn't expect an FDA researcher, a naval officer, a State Department staffer, and a senator to have the same incentives regarding policy, for instance.

Which people do you think have an incentive like that?

Comment author: Lumifer 26 November 2013 04:00:19AM 4 points [-]

Which people do you think have an incentive like that?

The Administration, aka the White House.