
Steven Pinker on Rationality, Psychology, Language, & More
The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss
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You Know in Games You Need Rules
In games you need rules to and and you often crave them as you. It's like it's like Rousseau right we're more and free but we live forever and change if you're agreed to be part of a society you're saying give me the rules so that I know in the long run that there'll be peace and security, even though I can't go out and steal money today if I need it. The social contract was namely I will sacrifice some of my liberty as long as everyone else does as well since we're better off if we aren't all preying on each other and exploiting each other.
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