Homogenization is unfair to differences

Homogenization is unfair to differences

Expanding on my discussions of the flattening of space and of the attention landscape, we could say that flat landscapes are unfair when you group together things which are fundamentally different. Here are some examples of what I mean:

  1. If porn and art sit on the same attention landscape then porn eventually wins, as discussed in the mentioned mini-essays
  2. Equality between men and women favours men, as weird as it sounds, which I discussed here in Equality favours men
  3. Church and State being equal means that the State always wins, because spirituality is not useful compared to coordinating people through the law and financial incentives
  4. School (and the office for its employees) doesn't favour the students who are smart, creative, productive, curious or motivated, they favour those who are compliant to the demands of school. To the extent that they're smart, creative, productive and so on, is only useful if they use them for the tasks that school forces upon them. Obedience is the name of the game, not development.
  5. Which is why if a student is actually interested in learning extra material by themselves, instead of going to class, they are simply not allowed to, because the demands of the institution matter more than what people get from it. This is also why the democratization of school is horrible for the highest performers, the brightest and most curious children, because they're homogenized under the weight of the average. Nothing more soul-crushing than to witness the flame of curiosity of a child be snuffed out by the dead bureaucracy of school.

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2024-11-30