| > I would rather we try new things. This is contingent on the capacity of a society to weather any bad outcomes from the new things. which given as they new, their outcomes are unknown. I'm trying to get to how freedom is related to some kind of background wealth. If people are (or feel?) wealthy, they're willing to accept risky behavior. Using a example: "oh, there they go the village idiots burning down a barn..." --"oh well, at least there's still enough of everything for winter, no problem." In contrast with: "[...] now we're fucked. time to ration our provisions". Enter global warming; and with it the rise of autocracies, tyrannies, and so on. |