Michael_Howard comments on Fairness vs. Goodness - LessWrong

10 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 February 2009 08:22PM

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Comment author: Michael_Howard 24 February 2009 07:29:52PM 0 points [-]

Fascinating comment log, especially given how smart the players were.

I can't find it online, but back in the "OMG the Japanese are eating us for breakfast" days, a study asked ordinary Americans: would you rather...

a) Our economy grow 2% next year and the Japanese 4%. b) Both economies grow 1%.

Most picked (a).