V_V comments on Mark Zuckerberg plans to give away 99% of his facebook wealth over his lifetime - Less Wrong

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Comment author: V_V 07 December 2015 09:06:46PM *  0 points [-]

No, they don't. They only have an incentive not to screw up so greatly as to get fired. You overestimate the influence that elected officials have over civil servants.

Why would people hired by Mark Zuckerberg to fix the school system do any better? It's not like they are making him any money.
Their incentive is just to spend the money allocated to them while pretending to be doing something useful. Civil servants have similar incentives, but at least civil servants need to please elected official who in turn answer to the populace, while Zuckerberg's employees only need to please their employer who answers to no one.

More importantly, you can just look at the outcomes. They are... not great.

As opposed to the outcomes of charity-funded school systems?

And if by "users of the school system" you mean the kids or the parents, no one is accountable to them. Their only effective choice of influencing the system is Exit.

Aren't school boards elective in the US?

Comment author: Lumifer 07 December 2015 09:13:41PM 1 point [-]

Why would people hired by Mark Zuckerberg to fix the school system be any better

Because he, presumably, would select them by different criteria and because he can fire them much much easier than a politician can fire a union-entrenched educrat.

while Zuckerberg's employees only need to please their employer

This is precisely what creates an opportunity for him to be effective.

As opposed to the outcomes of charity-funded school systems?

So do tell, what do you think is the problem?

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