[FRIAM] Talent and Moral Luck - Steelman attempt

[Marcus Daniels]

All there is, is leverage.   Someone will use it.

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of jon zingale
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 1:16 PM
To: friam at redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Talent and Moral Luck - Steelman attempt

"maybe "what needs to be done" is back down our leverage ( kind of like limiting the killing power of weapons in the hands of individuals, or the performance/wastefulness of other technologies with known bad side-effects... automobiles, water-wasting systems, etc.)"

I very much agree, but I must point out that the usage of *our* is important. Switching this to *my* effectively describes the last 40 years of impact that *my* not driving has had, an impact that is perhaps arguably worse than if I had acted to have more agency in the world. That the offered alternative appears to be limited to arms-racing to the bottom makes me wonder if this is simply how it is or are other subtler strategies around.
To be more honest wrt my own position, I don't honestly have the power to do much in the world anyway. I feel that these musings can be little more than gossip between fops in the court of the sun king.



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