Naomi
@naomiii
I often have people tell me that fiction is a waste of time and ideally I should read the summary on blinkist cause efficiency. Sooo exploring aspects of reality and human nature is not a worthy thing, cause stuff is made up in those books. Have you considered that most economists are also just making stuff up? š
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kbc
@kbc
What a load of bollocks (the quoted cast ofc). Economic theory is build on assumptions in order to test models. Most of these assumptions are so stringed that whatever the model prove is miles away from reality. That's why there is behavioral economics (and behavioral finance). Fictions is a way to play with ideas and also provides a source of learning for people. For example: - Why do you empathize with character A but not B - How can an evil person turn good? - How would a world look like where death does not exists? - Are robots/androids lesser forms of humans
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Naomi
@naomiii
Yeah the problematic thing to me is that it's such a common notion among a certain crop of business people and decision makers. So true. Economics is very much made up š Also I do also think plays are a fantastic way to explore the things you mention. Because they show how at times one person can drive another into doing things they'd otherwise never - basically a lot of Shakespeare is like that. People aren't always inherently evil but the circumstances might just be leading them to do evil stuff.
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