[ExI] morality

[Tara Maya]

Part of letting people learn from their mistakes includes learning from others' mistakes. I believe that the longer a society is free, the more people with in develop an ethic of personal responsibility (and mutual trust). However, when people are "rescued" from their mistakes, what others learn is that it's fine to live irresponsibly, because someone else will bear the cost and so the irresponsible behavior spreads. 

But the costs of the irresponsible behavior can only be delayed for so long. 

Generations may pass, which seems a long time to an individual, but that's how long it takes to change an entire a culture. It's also why cultures that had a long history of freedom which they are slowly squeezing to death don't immediately collapse, and cultures with a long history of no freedom which start to do everything right still suffer from the accumulated woes of past generations till working their revenge upon the present.

Tara Maya


> On May 19, 2023, at 11:38 AM, efc--- via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm afraid I do not agree with you. There are plenty of people in my
> experience who are capable of learning from others experience, and
> studying so they don't have to repeat mistakes but can go straight to
> good solutions.
> 
> For some people, yes, sadly it seems like your quote applies, but given
> the fact that our civilization has progressed, I think in general it
> does not apply.
> 
> Best regards, Daniel

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