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James_Miller comments on Stupid Questions September 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: polymathwannabe 02 September 2015 06:26PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 September 2015 08:48:20PM 1 point [-]

Is a major advantage of capitalism that it gives people who are naturally born sociopaths (but highly functioning such that they'll gain considerable influence over people) something do in a game that has at least some rules.

Comment author: James_Miller 04 September 2015 01:22:24AM 8 points [-]

Yes, it's Adam Smith's invisible hand at work creating incentives for highly self-interested people to take actions which better society.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 September 2015 06:51:36PM 0 points [-]

Can't tell whether this is sarcasm.

Comment author: James_Miller 06 September 2015 08:35:08PM 2 points [-]

No sarcasm intended.