tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post5195501878442643530..comments2024-03-23T13:16:37.006-07:00Comments on Hawaiian libertarian: The Informational CascadeKeoni Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-49099845836857301232007-10-11T00:50:00.000-07:002007-10-11T00:50:00.000-07:00Great post, HL. I've always found it interesting ...Great post, HL. I've always found it interesting how much store society places on the latest "knowledge", considering that what we know is forever changing and evolving. I've always loved this quote (from Men in Black, no less),<BR/><BR/>"A thousand years ago everybody knew as a fact, that the earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew that the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on it. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow."Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17628973995752281009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-79394834544201143672007-10-10T21:36:00.000-07:002007-10-10T21:36:00.000-07:00Most excellent post and analogy HL. The faulty inf...Most excellent post and analogy HL. <BR/>The faulty informational cascade is what our forbears might have called 'An emperor without clothes'.<BR/><BR/>It applies well to our Western world where fads get passed into law in one country, then spread like disease so that every country has passed it into law within a few short years.<BR/><BR/>I liken this practice to the way old ship's hulls were built; one hole and the whole ship goes down. Now they are multi-chambered so that even a severe holing can be contained. <BR/><BR/>With every country adopting without much debate the laws in practice in other countries, there's not a lot of latitude if these laws prove to be fatal - we all get afflicted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com