Comments on: The Wisdom of Mobs http://www.positiveliberty.com/2008/05/the-wisdom-of-mobs.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:31:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lila Rajiva http://www.positiveliberty.com/2008/05/the-wisdom-of-mobs.html#comment-704510 Lila Rajiva Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:02:21 +0000 http://positiveliberty.com/2008/05/the-wisdom-of-mobs.html#comment-704510 Mr. Babka - Thanks for that very nice review. We really appreciate it and we're especially glad you took the skewering in good part. For all the talk about "the people" in a democracy, it's funny how little self-reliance is in vogue anymore. We confuse caring for our health with funding the health care industry, improving our education with building more educational institutions, and increasing our wealth with turning over our bank balances to wealth managers. The more we talk about "empowering people" the less, it seems, we leave anyone to do anything for themselves... Lila Rajiva Mr. Babka -

Thanks for that very nice review.
We really appreciate it and we’re especially glad you took the skewering in good part.

For all the talk about “the people” in a democracy, it’s funny how little self-reliance is in vogue anymore. We confuse caring for our health with funding the health care industry, improving our education with building more educational institutions, and increasing our wealth with turning over our bank balances to wealth managers.

The more we talk about “empowering people” the less, it seems, we leave anyone to do anything for themselves…

Lila Rajiva

]]> By: Tim Kenyon http://www.positiveliberty.com/2008/05/the-wisdom-of-mobs.html#comment-668728 Tim Kenyon Thu, 08 May 2008 12:40:24 +0000 http://positiveliberty.com/2008/05/the-wisdom-of-mobs.html#comment-668728 "the world we’re in and the events we’re witnessing are NOT rational. Therefore, they canNOT be scientifically managed or anticipated." Most of the things that can be "scientifically managed or anticipated" are not rational systems. I think the conclusion that more obviously follows is: "Therefore, there is little reason to expect anything like rational self-optimization from them." “the world we’re in and the events we’re witnessing are NOT rational. Therefore, they canNOT be scientifically managed or anticipated.”

Most of the things that can be “scientifically managed or anticipated” are not rational systems. I think the conclusion that more obviously follows is: “Therefore, there is little reason to expect anything like rational self-optimization from them.”

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