Re:Taleb is wrong about IQ (2019)
by whimsicalism on Sunday October 25, 2020 @01:41PM
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> What does it mean to deserve something?
Exactly - "to deserve" is a nonsense notion in these contexts! Tall people in the NBA might lead to a more beneficial outcome (more interesting games?) but it does not arise because tall people are more "deserving" of being in the NBA.
Since we get to choose how to structure the human sphere of the "game" of life, it seems better to optimize for an outcome that is fair, ie. equally attentive of people's moral worth.
If that requires giving more $ to some who are more talented in order to better off everyone, then life does seem fair because our society is structured w.r.t. everyone's benefit.
Exactly - "to deserve" is a nonsense notion in these contexts! Tall people in the NBA might lead to a more beneficial outcome (more interesting games?) but it does not arise because tall people are more "deserving" of being in the NBA.
Since we get to choose how to structure the human sphere of the "game" of life, it seems better to optimize for an outcome that is fair, ie. equally attentive of people's moral worth.
If that requires giving more $ to some who are more talented in order to better off everyone, then life does seem fair because our society is structured w.r.t. everyone's benefit.