Reducing Complexity: Communism, Capitalism, and Moloch

They're each a different side of the same coin./nCommunism and capitalism are complicated reductions of the actual complexity of real life./nCommunism entails ideological and bureaucratic complicatedness, while capitalism reduces diversity of values into a single signifier./nBoth systems are complicated reductions of reality./nMoloch enters a system whenever humans are reduced down and lose sight of their original goals./nSocial media exemplifies Molochy behavior, as it prioritizes metrics like likes and shares over the original goal./nThe Moloch mindset leads to decoupling from the original goal and a reduction of complexity./nMoloch is defined as local optimization that sacrifices other values in the pursuit of winning in one domain.