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Hazard@natural_hazard• about 5 years ago

"It wouldn't be the road to hell if it wasn't paved with good intentions"

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7/21/2020

Hazard@natural_hazard• about 5 years ago

Replying to @natural_hazard

i like this inversion good intentions are a feature, not a bug. you couldn't get anyone to go to hell if there was a big sign saying "fire and brimstone and eternal torture this way"

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7/21/2020

Hazard@natural_hazard• about 5 years ago

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the most powerful and most insidiously awful ideas are the ones that are barely distinguishable from great ideas morality can be anti-inductive: if there's enough agreement that X should immediately be acted on, there is incentive to corrupt X

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7/21/2020

Hazard@natural_hazard• about 5 years ago

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this post doesn't tackle moral issues perse, but looks at roots of anti-inductive adversariality https://t.co/JXru2OVqzN

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7/21/2020

Hazard@natural_hazard• about 5 years ago

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@visakanv gets it https://t.co/fIKvuC9Ki0

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago

Bad actors are not sufficiently penalised for the far-reaching consequences of their actions

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7/21/2020

Hazard@natural_hazard• about 5 years ago

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... and he gets it again https://t.co/tCC4eLAOBJ

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago

Similarly, narcissists ruin self-love for other people https://t.co/6OHcjFZCFU https://t.co/Olgu8KtbMT

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7/21/2020

Hazard@natural_hazard• about 5 years ago

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https://t.co/BpAHVBsxj3

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7/22/2020

Hazard@natural_hazard• almost 5 years ago

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https://t.co/q3RhOvAsA1

Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛@PrinceVogel• almost 5 years ago

Our greatest virtues are all too often a ready cloak for our most pernicious sins.A real sense of urgency often masks unreasoning anxiety. A desire for truth can mask a desire to control others. An appreciation of leisure can mask laziness.

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9/25/2020

Hazard@natural_hazard• almost 5 years ago

Replying to @natural_hazard

the people who make the most obvious Schelling points to be trusted authorities are the ones that have the most pressure on them to sellout it's because one is inclined to trust a dentist about tooth paste brands that those brands bribe dentists to advertise

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9/26/2020

Hazard@natural_hazard• over 4 years ago

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https://t.co/IfnWWtdkkM

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1/4/2021

Hazard@natural_hazard• over 4 years ago

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https://t.co/7kgNAWT16u

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2/2/2021