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RE: Dr. The Leaping Koala_ my journey on Steemit # 7_ I am hopin someone's steeming along

in #steemit7 years ago

[ That may be true, but I still think I have to say something about that at least. It may not appeal to many, but it may reach someone who has similar feelings and makes them feel supported and encouraged to do what they think is correct rather than feel forced to go with the flow. ]

I entirely agree with this and think what you are doing is truly admirable, in spite of my opinion on its effectiveness.

[ There are as many different incentives as there are different people. ]

Sure, but there are also Universal Preferences. We simply need to align incentives with these universals.

[ Throughout history, If incentives are enough to make a society moral, we wouldn't have needed laws, religions, motivation etc ]

Incentives do not make people moral, I never said that. Though I can see how it might have been interpreted in this way. I mean that people will behave in the direction of rewards, in spite of their personal moral state. It can be summarized in two premises:

i) Only highly principled people make choices that disfavor societal rewards in favor of their own moral duties.
ii) Absolutely no unprincipled person will make choices that disfavor rewards in order to favor their immoral duties.

  • It is type i) that exists, and shows flaws in societal law where redesign of incentives could be applied.

[ In no place in my post I recommended minnows to vote for posts that are not worth or stop voting for a whale who deserves their vote (or not).
The concern I am raising here is regarding the incentives of voting to a whale vs. voting to minnow that may have a good post that deserves to be seen and voted, but not being seen or voted. ]

I didn’t claim that you made this particular recommendation, but it isn’t clear to the reader either. In an era where hating the rich seems to be a default perspective, I just wanted to throw a wrench in that cogwheel before it even started to turn in people’s minds :). I’m sorry I didn’t take the time to clarify that I knew you didn’t intend that position, that is definitely a mistake on my part.

[ Futile or not, I believe if I have words in my heart that carry positive energy and I can say them, then I want to say them. Who knows who will read them and when. Who knows if they will never have an effect or maybe they will one day.
What is never for us?
Its simply our life time, but the world will still keep going after we are gone. No one can tell what will happen then. ]

Wonderful spirit, keep it up Koala, cheers!