“In the last couple of centuries clever people’s designs for reinventing human c

–“In the last couple of centuries clever people’s designs for reinventing human civilization have tended to end pretty badly, especially when they’ve been imposed from above.”– Matt Ridley @mattwridley

The evidence is that the slow, continuous, incremental correction of falsehood, suppresion of irreciprocity, and scientific innovation solve what no radical policy solves – radical policy is the impulsivity of an ignorant child with high time preferences unable to resist eating the marshmallow while the test administrator leaves the room.

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