tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post8782366640160937618..comments2023-03-24T21:49:49.118-04:00Comments on Dubious Prospects: Intractable failings of moral systems at scaleGraydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-69909540556163068222020-03-10T11:28:51.874-04:002020-03-10T11:28:51.874-04:00Re: Gauge Blocks
Just one part of the on going eff...Re: Gauge Blocks<br />Just one part of the on going efforts to standardize products. Engineers since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution have been doing that. Back in the day the SAE handbook was near at hand as I worked. Also Machinery's Handbook. That said the English vs Metric still plagues us to this day.dilbert dogberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09637308390558302302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-26700532571834898392020-03-04T19:16:29.894-05:002020-03-04T19:16:29.894-05:00I don't think Sander's supporters are nece...I don't think Sander's supporters are necessarily taking the wrong approach here. Namely, even if you are focused on changing material conditions, you might well have to win by conquest first if the political sphere only values conquest. It's basically a cliche that people don't vote for the centre-left because compromise is seen as loss and weakness by the right and the populace.Mardoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419799618480021778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-80127396210323178222020-03-01T13:21:47.255-05:002020-03-01T13:21:47.255-05:00+D.C. it's certainly a value judgement to pref...+D.C. it's certainly a value judgement to prefer material outcomes, but it's got one other important feature.<br /><br />The material is measurable, and thus there's the possibility of resolving disputes on a basis fundamentally external to any particular person's head.<br /><br />The collective endeavour to construct facts isn't easy and it isn't perfect -- look up what Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-71308853452392942382020-03-01T12:21:10.608-05:002020-03-01T12:21:10.608-05:00Of course "material results" is also a &...Of course "material results" is also a "moral" (value) criterion. It's just a sort of least common denominator one, in that groups who subordinate it cut into their fitness margin and eventually self-select out of the game. Think Shakers --nice people, good neighbors, left us culturally richer, but are well on their way to self-chosen extinction.D. C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06515125525097163604noreply@blogger.com