Comment by wallace_f

Most people's internal reward system values survival > profit/utility > morals/ethics. Not all, but most.

Sometimes, like you said, those ethical or moral considerations are so far abstractes from what's on your plate that we don't even think about it.

I think we need a better system than simply further centralizing powers around the globe. I mean, just look at how rotten NASA became, burning up a space shuttle and failing to innovate or become more efficient because of a groupthink culture designed to protect leadership. And these were people who ostensibly are relatively good--they could have easily made more money more easily elsewhere.

We need competition. Not leaders and bureaucracies who cherrry pick winners. We need real competition to keep us honest. That's the best thing for humanity if you 'care about other people.'