“A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers.” — WIKIPEDIA Perverse incentive, or the cobra effect, is a misformulated incentive, such as: -attempting to get rid of cobras in the city – by incentivising killing cobras, through offering a bounty for …
Tag: Purpose
CONTRIBUTION
There’s what you want — and there’s what you think the world needs. There’s what you want — and there’s what you think the world needs. The world needs to be freed from DISCRIMINATION and prejudice and the planet needs to be saved and the animals need not be eaten for breakfast, and …
The Only Doing is Doing NEW Things
We think we’re “doing”, or “trying” Really we’re not You don’t understand Doing You watch what others call “doing” and call it “doing” They say work is “doing” and watching tv is “wasting time” They say effort is “doing” and relaxing is “slacking” They say activity is “doing” and laying around is “not doing” …
Ask WHAT Value Is
VALUE is what governs the world There’s what you value, your neighbour values, the world values If you don’t know what you value then you’ll likely not get what you value If you don’t know what others value then you won’t be able to give it to them Subsequently they won’t give you value either …
The Real, The False, The All-important Purpose
Purpose is not all-important if it’s not a REAL purpose Is your purpose real? It likely isn’t Purpose is supposed to be beyond everything else and requiring sacrifice and maximum dedication and what-not Or is it? This kind of IDEA about the purpose already is at odds with what purpose is Purpose …