Don't Ask Jason

Jason would be my first call if I needed help burying a body. He would ask no questions. This is not a public confession of intent, or guilt. It is just as suggestion. If you suspect me of murder, don’t ask Jason if I did it. Loyalty is hard wired into us as a way of defeating mortality. We learn through death. Which is why Max Planck said, “Science progresses one funeral at a time”. It is much harder to unlearn than to learn. Death is a communal feature rather than a glitch. The Curse of Knowledge is that knowing one thing can make it harder to know, or even see, another. What we know is Path Dependent. The set of decisions people face is limited (or increased) by decisions made in the past. Hereditary Privilege is a feature. We care that the next generation will have more options. Loyalty means we can see and protect the good, even in the face of bad. Even very bad. It is also a glitch if it restricts the options of others. Removing structural bias means universally raising the basic options we all have. Having foundational loyalty to all.

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