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Robin Hanson

What Robin Hanson thinks about government

@robin-hanson · 22 positions · On ppll ↗

Associate professor of economics at George Mason University, originator of decision markets and futarchy, and author of the blog Overcoming Bias.

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4 dated positions, 2023 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Robin Hanson has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingRegulation works best when it targets concrete, identified harms and worst when it is authorized to address vague, broad fears.

    Their wordsRegulation has worked best when it addresses concrete examples of things going bad, and worse when it is authorized to address vague and broad fears.

    ↗AI Pause Regs Look Riskyovercomingbias.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  3. Our readingRegulation works well in stable conditions of technology and social arrangements but poorly when those arrangements are likely to change greatly.

    Their wordsRegulation also goes best when applied to stable worlds of tech and social arrangements, but badly when such arrangements could plausibly greatly change, as regulation tends to block such change.

    ↗AI Pause Regs Look Riskyovercomingbias.com 3rd of 3 in this piece

  4. 4 months earlier

  5. Our readingThe world is shaped by how consistently incompetent governance is, and competent governance would remake it

    Their wordsAs an econ professor who specialized in governance, I can assure you that the world is greatly structured by the fact that we typically have pretty incompetent governance.

    ↗My Best Idea: Decision Marketsovercomingbias.com

  6. 3 years earlier

  7. Our readingGovernments should pay a lot for children and let the people who respond reveal which cultural compromises are acceptable, rather than deciding in advance which value to give up.

    Their wordsIt seems to me that an attractive robust approach is to have governments pay lots for kids (at no cost or risk to them!) and then let those who respond to these incentives tell us which compromises seem most attractive.

    ↗A Fertility Reckoningovercomingbias.com 3rd of 3 in this piece