Weird Family and a Rant

Weird Family

The manatee is related to the elephant.

The Seal and walrus are related to bears and wolves.

The Whale and the dolphin is related to the hippo 

A Rant

People cannot be trusted to act in the interest of others. This is not to say that people will not act in the interest of others. Nor does it suggest that most people will ignore the interest of others.

Indeed most people will at least consider the interest of others in situations where they are aware of the impact their actions could have upon the interest of others. And most people are likewise invested in being and being perceived to be 'good people'.

This is not the problem.

The problem is that people will consistently act in their own interest, and will consistently place the interests of themselves and their inner circle above others; but despite this our systems are based around the assumption that people should act in the public interest, even though we know statistically and experimentally that they won't

We have set ourselves up to fail, all so that we can appear pious and moral when people act exactly how we knew that they would. We're more interested in appearing good than in getting things done.