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Politics.md

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 - [[Plurality]] — the understanding that diversity of people, beliefs, opinions, mechanisms, approaches, implementations, etc within a given context generally results in better outcomes than in the absence of such diversity.
 - For many social systems, truly large-scale, repeatable tests (to verify systems work as intended) are difficult if not impossible. Having simple systems is critical to legitimacy.
 - Politics is just how humans coordinate in groups. It’s the invisible network of relationships, influence, and informal power that exists in every organization. [You can refuse to participate, but that doesn't make it go away](https://terriblesoftware.org/2025/10/01/stop-avoiding-politics/). It just means decisions get made without you. The alternative to good politics isn't no politics. It's bad politics winning by default.
+- [Policy should tell people what the goal is](https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1996997278893044045) (e.g., "reduce road wear" or "reduce emissions") by pricing the externality directly, instead of telling how to optimize for it (making it easy to game arbitrary rules).
 
 ## [Voting Theory](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/D6trAzh6DApKPhbv4/a-voting-theory-primer-for-rationalists)
 

Problem Solving.md

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 - Social problems demand social solutions. Not everything can be solved by technology. E.g: If you're skeptical about Wikipedia, you can easily create your own fork of Wikipedia and improve it. You'll have to deal with the social problems of convincing others to use your fork, etc.
   - To convince someone, show historical attemps failures and analyze them.
 - In complex problem spaces, [focus on direction](https://thecompendium.cards/c/everything/sort/stars/direction-not-solution) and not on the details. Don't focus too much on trying to find the best idea. The thing you have to prove is not that an idea is the best one, but that it's better than doing what you're currently doing.
+- [You cannot solve a people problem with a technical solution. Most technical problems are really people problems](https://blog.joeschrag.com/2023/11/most-technical-problems-are-really.html). Most people problems are [[Coordination]] and [[Communication]] problems.
+- All technology produces second and third order effects beyond what was intended, and [[Feedback Loops]] often magnify them in complex systems.
 
 ## Five Whys