The Misalignment Between Incentives and the Public Interest in COVID

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I've been reflecting on this like misalignment between the incentives of people forming policy, making decisions about what things are permissible and what aren't. And we can talk more about specific instances where I think things are going wrong. If there's an imbalance, if one side gets too powerful, then it's sort of a design, it's optimization loop is just like prevent harm. Then now you end up over preventing harm, but that actually creates all these unintended bad consequences. They're worse than the things prevented. Yeah. In fact, I saw this author as a lawyer and he argues that the way that they set up already violates the First Amendment because they're operating as government censors

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Rob Wiblin is the Head of Research at 80,000 Hours where he investigates how people can do more good in the course of their career and produces a long-form interview show called the 80,000 Hours Podcast. He studied genetics and economics in Australia before moving to the UK to help develop the emerging field of effective altruism. You can learn more about Rob at robwiblin.com, learn more about his research work at 80000hours.org, and follow him on social media at @robertwiblin.

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