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Entry Date: 2004-08-16 02:21:00
Logged: 2004-08-16 02:24:44
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It must be bedtime, I just found myself writing:
Economics is to making good laws as engineering is to making solid buildings, yet politicians and their lawyers rarely consult economists when designing social systems.
Partly this is because social systems fail less dramatically than bridges, and its easier to redirect blame. Partly this is because of an odd hubris in which people who would never attempt to fly a plane, operate on a brain, or install a new water main without being trained think they can influence humans to gain even when its quite plain they're ignorant of the relevant scientific vein. This is insane.
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