I almost ignored this due to the sloganized, hard-to-understand title and the unreliability of the site. But the study actually seems pretty good, and the paper is well-written and open-access [1].
When applied to many predictions about the medium term future (devaluation of human labor through automation, ability to monitor infinite surveillance sources), it's not particularly optimistic.
FergusArgyll · 35m ago
Surely this will replicate...
FrustratedMonky · 40m ago
I'd like to see add on study on 'Banality of Evil'.
Here "The willingness of those in power to act fairly depends on how easily others can collectively push back against unfair treatment, psychologists have found."
What about all the the middle managers that enable the powerful.
The more the middle layer of population supports the powerful, the less the 'masses' can revolt to enforce fairness.
All revolutions are actually started by the middle class which gets upset. The true lower class masses never have the resources to get off the ground.
tyleo · 50m ago
I feel like fairness is what anyone can get away with and powerful people just tend to get away with more. Even the article seems to land on this conclusion.
potato3732842 · 46m ago
>Even the article seems to land on this conclusion.
But the title landed in the next county because that's what the editor's job is in the modern era of clicks and eyeballs.
tyleo · 44m ago
Yeah, that’s what I was alluding to. There had to be a slight, “you’re getting screwed,” angle to it.
jvanderbot · 15m ago
Isn't the flip-side of this "The powerful do not do what they will be held accountable for"?
Yes, everyone does what they can get away with in a mixed-incentive game.
[1] https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/11607
Here "The willingness of those in power to act fairly depends on how easily others can collectively push back against unfair treatment, psychologists have found."
What about all the the middle managers that enable the powerful.
The more the middle layer of population supports the powerful, the less the 'masses' can revolt to enforce fairness.
All revolutions are actually started by the middle class which gets upset. The true lower class masses never have the resources to get off the ground.
But the title landed in the next county because that's what the editor's job is in the modern era of clicks and eyeballs.
Yes, everyone does what they can get away with in a mixed-incentive game.