tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post4658420228003368196..comments2024-03-29T10:09:36.736+01:00Comments on The Nerdstream Era: A Flight of LinksStefan Sassehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03504751435668017553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-19421718103962096252013-12-17T20:49:30.839+01:002013-12-17T20:49:30.839+01:00Yep, that's my problem with it as well.Yep, that's my problem with it as well. Stefan Sassehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504751435668017553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-498424712143445922013-12-17T19:26:58.860+01:002013-12-17T19:26:58.860+01:00It strikes me as another example of outsiders thin...It strikes me as another example of outsiders thinking that their distance from a problem allows them to see obvious and simple solutions, when really they're just uninformed. Incentives structures certainly matter to politicians (the rise of parallel conservative institutions that incentivize success outside of policy achievements I think has had a significant effect), but political scientists have already devoted <i>a lot</i> of thought to these questions. Taylorhttp://smokeandstir.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-39213554787909249212013-12-17T12:13:15.241+01:002013-12-17T12:13:15.241+01:00Benign minded as the incentive idea might be, I am...Benign minded as the incentive idea might be, I am convinced it would create pretty horrible incentives, not the ones that they think they're aiming at. Basically, the guys are amateurs on that field. That doesn't exclude them from having an opinion and even trying to pursue their own solutions, but they obviously don't know an awful lot about the inner workings of government and Congress, and I guess that my benign ideas about game design would be laughed off by them as well, and rightfully so. I'm very sceptical at grand ideas designed to repair the political system. <br />That aside, I think they also tackle the wrong problem. The guys in Congress are mostly not in the least dependent on the nation's pay. 80% or more already are millionaires. They could sit in there for free. Adjusting their pay to some dubious "achievement score table" is not going to change much in their actual behavior. That is dictated by wholly other interests, none of which are targeted easily. Stefan Sassehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03504751435668017553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1758815004886180861.post-20809680150004070732013-12-17T00:40:11.040+01:002013-12-17T00:40:11.040+01:00Could you go more into detail about the Extra Cred...Could you go more into detail about the Extra Credits episode? I disagreed mostly as well, but it'd be interesting to hear your thoughts. Thanks for the interesting links, always good to check them out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com