A government of autists would come up with optimized solutions to many problems. The issue is that most people are resistant to actually fixing things, so everyone would just get mad.
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TriflingToad@lemmy.world 2 months ago
as someone with autism do NOT let us control everything. You’d get 27,000 cats and a ton of trains without any issues being solved.
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 months ago
pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 months ago
optimised solutions often create negative secondary effects in other systems - it’s not (always) that people are resistant to fixing things, it’s that when people get attached to an “optimised solution” and it comes into contact with the real world, it’s often difficult for them to take valid criticisms that aren’t about the system
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s almost always for a selfish reason though. For instance, health insurance in the U.S. could easily go away if the government combined all of the funding for public healthcare systems. It won’t happen because of the for profit healthcare industry.
just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Do not betray your own tribe brother. After all, why shouldn’t we get 27000 cats?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m allergic.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
skill issue
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I think a ton of trains would actually solve a lot of issues
Omniraptor@lemm.ee 2 months ago
yeah maybe we should let them cook for a bit
Omniraptor@lemm.ee 2 months ago
My go to example for “we should have let them cook” is en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGAS
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 1 month ago
A ton of trains would be less than one train
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Fine, we’ll upgrade to a shit ton instead.
match@pawb.social 2 months ago
cats too tbh
finkrat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ironically may result in the resurgence of the bee population due to cats murdering the bird population