A group of people unaffected by a problem will rarely correctly handle the problem. And the further they are away from it, the further from 'correctly handle' will be their handling.

Most of the people responsible for Government decisions are fairly well insulated from most crises, hence the crises will continue and grow.

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johnnyanmac 38 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

They are isolated until the pitchforks come out. That's the big risk with letting a crisis fester, even if you yourself are not affected. thousands or millions of frustrated citizens, and it only takes one at the end of their rope.

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expedition32 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The Dutch government doesn't have the power to make America, Russia, Israel behave civilised. They would if they could.

As it is we have to live with it. Enduring the barbarians.

	▲	BLKNSLVR 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The difference being that the Dutch Government isn't meant to be responsible for the civilised behaviour of other countries. Governments, however, are responsible for responding to crises occurring in the areas they are elected and paid to govern. But increasingly they behave like lords over subjects rather than representatives of the group.
	▲	komali2 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The Dutch government could protect its sovereign interests apart from the USA - for example by legalizing decompilation and antagonistic interrop with American software, or reverse engineering of American hardware, or suspension of copyright and trademark protections for American businesses. Dutch Mickey mouse cartoons for everyone! There'd be short term economic repercussions when America throws a tantrum, but whose fault is it that this could significantly harm the Dutch economy? Better to rip off the band-aid.

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georgemcbay 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Most of the people responsible for Government decisions are fairly well separated from most crises

A lot of the time it is actually even worse than this in that they are often in a position to benefit from the crises.

The real major economic problem of our day is the extent to which labor's share of productivity gains have plummeted and continue to plummet.

If your wealth comes from capital everything is going gangbusters and nothing needs to be fixed. Just listen to Trump talk about the economy and how blind he is to how normal people experience it.

And AI is just going to supercharge this problem.

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BLKNSLVR 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Going way off topic here but, how can we expect AI 'alignment' when even country leadership doesn't align with the people any more?

On a relate-able scale, look at the 'alignment' difference between a worker and their manager; between an SWE and someone in mangement a couple of levels above. They're a different species, in terms of 'alignment', generally. They don't even speak the same language.

(I'm being hyperbolic, but hopefully the core of what I mean comes across).

	▲	johnnyanmac 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		We're completely misaligned. That's why it's going to supercharge the problem. Pour trillions not into heathcare nor other public goods, but towards private companies who want to ransack civilization and dismantle the idea of a labor economy. The workers hate data centers but cities and states keep signing on. Just more examples of political greed being funded by a plutocracy.