Egalitarianism is eating the world.
To be sure, egalitarianism has been eating the world ever since Jesus and, more broadly, the great inversion from glorifying the conquerer to glorifying the martyr.
But now egalitarianism is accelerating.
Invisible hand of egalitarianism: If there’s an opportunity for egalitarianism, someone will seize it.
Software will eventually win out there unless something is ACTIVELY preventing it.
Egalitarianism will eventually win out there unless something is ACTIVELY preventing it.
This is why people worry about the slippery slope.
E.g. Once you let markets into gov't, more markets/$$$ will follow.
Once you let gov't into markets, more gov't will follow.
We have always been egalitarian when being selected, and non-egalitarianism when doing the selecting.
When you seek a job, a partner, a doctor, you do not seek the average job, partner, or doctor, you seek the best.
Why's egalitarianism accelerating?
When you're being watched give a tip, you tip higher than when not being watched
Now we're always being watched, so we signal virtue
Egalitarianism has always been better for optics, and there is nearly no part of our life that escapes optics
Social media has created egalitarian purity spirals unlike anything we've seen before:
Another way of phrasing this is egalitarianism in the streets, non-egalitarianism in the sheets
In fact, the bedroom is the last refuge of non-egalitarianism, although perhaps that'll change soon
Apps make dating outcomes legible, & crowd may pressure more egalitarian outcomes
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