In computer science there’s a famous phrase “premature optimization is the root of all evil”. It may be that for a system to remain humane there must be one or more unoptimized elements. The rub is that capitalist competition is not completely avoidable so the number of elements that can remain unoptimized is low. There are a ton of consequences to this fact. Any noble project tends to become a fundraising effort very quickly; breathing spaces from market competition depend on support from wealthy individuals and must therefore revolve around their concerns; etc
In computer science there’s a famous phrase “premature optimization is the root of all evil”. It may be that for a system to remain humane there must be one or more unoptimized elements. The rub is that capitalist competition is not completely avoidable so the number of elements that can remain unoptimized is low. There are a ton of consequences to this fact. Any noble project tends to become a fundraising effort very quickly; breathing spaces from market competition depend on support from wealthy individuals and must therefore revolve around their concerns; etc
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