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CarlShulman comments on (Some) politicians might be more rational than they appear. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CarlShulman 08 October 2010 03:10:56PM 0 points [-]

"The world is mad" is primarily about the general failure to solve collective action problems: just because something would be beneficial to the world, don't assume that people will do it without individual incentives.