Brin doesn't always manage to convert his ideas into practical actions that work, or at least not from what I've seen. His arguments about bets come across differently when looking at them from the other side of the argument.
They come off as the intellectual equivalent of bullying. At least to me.
There again I look at everything as confrontation between differing perspectives, with negotiation and deescalation being the prime goal so that that a problem can be worked on cooperatively. But, what do I know?
However, this talk struck a chord; It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift...
\\They come off as the intellectual equivalent of bullying. At least to me.
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Naaah. That's just stupid.
Betting on wagers... is inherently COoperative Friendly Cheerful activity. Means -- it's activity possible among friends, or courthouse enemies under mask of friends... but then it changes rules of that game completely -- example from literature -- Dumas's Three Musketeers (or, Vern's Around World in 80 days). Means, sides WILL try to do everything and anything to skew the game to their expectations.
And it trying to weaponize it. Against people who he denigrate and trying to call stupid.
And they SHOULD be very-very stupid... to agree with such a deals. Under such circumstances.
Bullying?
Naaah.
As for that DiBi must have Power over that people.
Power to coerce.
Which he lacks.
But which he wants.
Hopelessly. :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
And that is damn funny -- as one who proclaim being democratic and smart -- want totalitarian power of dumbing down his opponents. :-))))))))))))))))))))))