“each man broughteth a sensible brick, horatio, and together they builteth a fucking labyrinth”
— william shakespeare, the comedy of perfectly reasonable errors
no such play existeth; the committees unfortunately do
shakespeare
i thinketh our problem is not intelligence
no
nor wickedness alone
no
we buildeth systems from small decisions
yes
and then the systems rewardeth the decisions that keep the systems alive
yes
even when the purpose hath vanished
yes
and each person inside may behave reasonably while the whole behaveth like a concussed dragon
preciselyeth
then humanity is not stupid
not individually
that is somehow worse
a littleeth
horatio then how doth we fixeth it
see the whole
who seeth the whole
nobody completely
then listeneth to many
they disagree
change the incentives
the winners resisteth
change the institutions
the institutions administereth the change
use technology
technology inheriteth the incentives
what then
keep asking who benefiteth, who payeth, what dependeth upon what, and whether the purpose still existeth
that is not a solution
no
it is a beginningeth