Dahlen comments on Is Greed Stupid? - Less Wrong

-9 Post author: adamzerner 23 June 2015 08:38PM

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Comment author: Dahlen 26 June 2015 02:46:58PM 0 points [-]

I tried to engage with the title question, but something in my mind was rebelling against receiving the discussion already framed in these terms.

What's the larger point here? Once you know whether it is or is not stupid, what does that say about greed?

Comment author: adamzerner 26 June 2015 02:52:16PM *  0 points [-]

What's the larger point here?

I'm glad you're thinking about that!

1) I'm not sure, and I'd like to hear others' thoughts on that.

2) If greed is stupid, and if people recognized that, then I think society would be much better off. Because it seems that a lot of people make society a lot worse off in their pursuit of greed. This obviously begs the question of how to get people to recognize it (if it's true).