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Practical laws for humanity #1 : Orders of natural magnitude

As with human height, the scale of the stars and the atoms, there is a pattern to size. Therefore for human power I recommend we limit ourselves within the relative magnitudes we are familiar with and find stable. Our current inequality is unbalanced. I’m comfortable with someone working double, triple, or even ten times more than I do. But millions of dollars per day for an individual? When the average American is expected to earn maybe 2 million in their lifetime? Cancerous wealth. We need to have discipline – happiness is a state of being, not a measurement. By reducing the fluctuations of Empires and Dynasties we can find a balance of power between individuals and society, and achieve new levels of efficiency.


  1. As with human height, the scale of the stars and the atoms, there is a pattern to size.

Therefore for human power I recommend we limit ourselves within the relative magnitudes we are familiar with and find stable.

Our current inequality is unbalanced.

I’m comfortable with someone working double, triple, or even ten times more than I do.

But millions of dollars per day for an individual? When the average American is expected to earn maybe 2 million in their lifetime?

Cancerous wealth. We need to have discipline – happiness is a state of being, not a measurement. By reducing the fluctuations of Empires and Dynasties we can find a balance of power between individuals and society, and achieve new levels of efficiency.

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