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worthless-trashtoday at 4:36 AM1 replyview on HN

What is your goal in asking someone to read this book, we're supposed to have sympathy for those who have had a bad rap in nature and nurture.

That 'the system' is responsible for driving them to their actions ?


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childintimetoday at 8:40 AM

> That 'the system' is responsible for driving them to their actions ?

not the system, but the design of life itself we all sustain. the "system" is only a projection of it.

everything that happens in the world is your responsibility also, as you help make it happen. it's our world after all.

if something happens but is not supposed to happen, either the person made a mistake, or the design is broken and nudges to make it happen, or both. blame-the-person is the default strategy, but it doesn't lead to a better design, and it denies the plain reality that the design puts some people at the center, so they can party and are not to be bothered by the downsides of their actions, and others are pushed to the edge, and will fall off. by design.

you probably prefer to pay the police than to pay someone a meal so she doesn't need to steal and expose herself to the risk of killing someone. it's what people at the center would think, but it's not a good idea to give them power over the design of our lives that puts them first.

there's clearly worthless trash on both sides of the equation.

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