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A simple heuristic to solve current problems. We should force tobacco lobbyists to smoke, etc.

A simple heuristic to solve current problems.
We should force tobacco lobbyists to smoke, etc.

http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/ethics.pdf
www.fooledbyrandomness.com

This entry was posted in Feeds, John on July 18, 2011 by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

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← Your principal & hardest to defeat enemy is your own profession. DECIMATION as removal of agency problem- The Romans removed one’s incentive to be a coward and hurt others by withdrawing from combat. If a legion loses a battle and there is suspicion of cowardice, ten percent of the surviving soldiers and commanders are put to death, usually by random lottery. →

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