Re:Introducing A16Z Crypto
by workinthehead on Monday June 25, 2018 @07:42PM
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That's incorrect. In your original comment you referred to "a positive net result", which the utilitarian will always prefer by definition. Perhaps you are confusing utility with efficiency?
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>which the utilitarian will always prefer by definition
That is the heart of our confusion here. You are comparing it to a neutral state. Yes, a utilitarian would prefer any positive outcome to that. However, I was implying that there was another path that would have resulted in an even more positive result but through inefficiency we were left with a lesser but still positive result. That waste of resources like time and money is equivalent to a waste of utility that a utilitarian would obviously oppose.
Re:Introducing A16Z Crypto
by workinthehead on Monday June 25, 2018 @10:20PM
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> I was implying that there was another path that would have resulted in an even more positive result
Ah, the old "I intended the exact opposite of what I said" ploy.