Bueno de Mesquita’s science of game theory or rational choice is too much like Isaac Asimov’s psychohistory in the Foundation series for my liking. The line between prediction and mindfuck is too thin as it is in this “let me think for you” world. If the “thinkers” who can pay for his services intrude even more into our collective consciousness, then free will and the real chance to exercise it may be out the window forever.

Even the name “rational choice” seems to have been run through a machine to soften the harshness of this science. When we realize that gamesmanship is still such a great part of game theory, by whatever name, then such choices may not seem so rational.

We may be astounded at the accuracy, which only proves the math. It does not prove the ethics. It may actually be a great tool, but in the hands of corporations and governments, even the best tools can become weapons. So the question remains: who will guard the guardian’s of rational choice?

Most of us are walking, talking refuse points where social history has dumped its garbage. Conflicted, constricted, inflicted, pain-filled, pus-filled putridity that continues to breed its own mental bacteria across cultures, spreading faster and more virulantly than any disease. Truth is the only vaccine.

Clear away the BS (belief systems) where diseased ideas breed. Clear the space between your ears! THIS is the ONLY place where change can really take hold. And only YOU can change your own mind.

Bueno de Mesquita’s science of game theory or rational choice is too much like Isaac Asimov’s psychohistory in the Foundation series for my liking. The line between prediction and mindfuck is too thin as it is in this “let me think for you” world. If the “thinkers” who can pay for his services intrude even more into our collective consciousness, then free will and the real chance to exercise it may be out the window forever.

Even the name “rational choice” seems to have been run through a machine to soften the harshness of this science. When we realize that gamesmanship is still such a great part of game theory, by whatever name, then such choices may not seem so rational.

We may be astounded at the accuracy, which only proves the math. It does not prove the ethics. It may actually be a great tool, but in the hands of corporations and governments, even the best tools can become weapons. So the question remains: who will guard the guardian’s of rational choice?

Most of us are walking, talking refuse points where social history has dumped its garbage. Conflicted, constricted, inflicted, pain-filled, pus-filled putridity that continues to breed its own mental bacteria across cultures, spreading faster and more virulantly than any disease. Truth is the only vaccine.

Clear away the BS (belief systems) where diseased ideas breed. Clear the space between your ears! THIS is the ONLY place where change can really take hold. And only YOU can change your own mind.