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Great read

 
Commie 2016-12-16 08:50:15 

Minority rules

 
XFactor 2016-12-16 10:13:22 

In reply to Commie


Nassim Taleb is brilliant. If you haven't read "The Black Swan" give it a go.

Taleb has a knack for breaking down random events in a thought provoking way.

 
Commie 2016-12-16 10:13:54 

In reply to XFactor

I have. That's why I started following him on twitter ages ago.

 
Oilah 2016-12-16 10:35:19 

Thanks will check out that book

 
XFactor 2016-12-16 10:41:20 

This is profound. Talib presents a good case, but I'm not sure if I'm on page with him here:

We can answer these points using the minority rule. Yes, an intolerant minority can control and destroy democracy. Actually, as we saw, it will eventually destroy our world.

So, we need to be more than intolerant with some intolerant minorities. It is not permissible to use “American values” or “Western principles” in treating intolerant Salafism (which denies other peoples’ right to have their own religion). The West is currently in the process of committing suicide.

 
Commie 2016-12-16 12:57:25 

In reply to XFactor

It is very profound.

 
pelon 2016-12-16 15:47:36 

Great read!

Let us conjecture that the formation of moral values in society doesn’t come from the evolution of the consensus. No, it is the most intolerant person who imposes virtue on others precisely because of that intolerance. The same can apply to civil rights.
This large payoff from stubborn courage is not just in the military. The entire growth of society, whether economic or moral, comes from a small number of people. So we close this chapter with a remark about the role of skin in the game in the condition of society. Society doesn’t evolve by consensus, voting, majority, committees, verbose meeting, academic conferences, and polling; only a few people suffice to disproportionately move the needle. All one needs is an asymmetric rule somewhere. And asymmetry is present in about everything.

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

 
Commie 2016-12-17 18:56:26 

In reply to pelon

It is a fantastic article and reads poignant.