The non-straw versions of Godzilla Strategies do not start from the Godzilla fighting Mega-Godzilla. Starting from this side is doomed.
It starts with, let’s say, a Tokyo policeman. Notably, Tokyo policeman isn’t a scary monster—but roughly a normal human, where you can get some sort of mutual understanding. The next step is to create a policeman[1], who also isn’t a scary monster, but is just a bit more powerful, trained policeman (maybe using a bunch of policeman[0])Where, if the relation gen[n+1] is doing what gen[n] wants holds, the idea is you get to super-Tokio-police, who is still doing what you want. Or you get somewhere midway, where the still aligned policeman[p] tells you “sorry, the next gen would really be a Godzilla, and I don’t know how to avoid it”.
(This isn’t to express opinions on the viability of the first step, or the amplification procedure.)
Alright, so, let’s imagine a chain of 100… creatures… on a smooth spectrum from policeman to Godzilla, and each is trying to keep the next creature up the chain in check. And then the mayor attempts to direct Godzilla via the policeman at one end of this chain.
THIS DOES NOT LEAD TO RISING PROPERTY VALUES IN TOKYO.
It’s like someone took the Godzilla vs Mega-Godzilla plan, and said “this Godzilla-fights-Mega-Godzilla plan is WAY too simple and robust, what we need is a hundred levels of recursion to make ABSOLUTELY SURE that something goes wrong!”.
Some chain links will break. Which is the point—single link failures are survivable. Also for sure there are some corrupt police officers in Tokyo, but they aren’t such a big deal.
It’s like someone took the Godzilla vs Mega-Godzilla plan, and said “this Godzilla-fights-Mega-Godzilla plan is WAY too simple and robust, what we need is a hundred levels of recursion to make ABSOLUTELY SURE that something goes wrong!”.
Thank you for this analogy. Your comment is apparently disagreed with but I find it perfectly encapsulates the silliness of the proposal by default.
The non-straw versions of Godzilla Strategies do not start from the Godzilla fighting Mega-Godzilla. Starting from this side is doomed.
It starts with, let’s say, a Tokyo policeman. Notably, Tokyo policeman isn’t a scary monster—but roughly a normal human, where you can get some sort of mutual understanding. The next step is to create a policeman[1], who also isn’t a scary monster, but is just a bit more powerful, trained policeman (maybe using a bunch of policeman[0])Where, if the relation gen[n+1] is doing what gen[n] wants holds, the idea is you get to super-Tokio-police, who is still doing what you want. Or you get somewhere midway, where the still aligned policeman[p] tells you “sorry, the next gen would really be a Godzilla, and I don’t know how to avoid it”.
(This isn’t to express opinions on the viability of the first step, or the amplification procedure.)
Alright, so, let’s imagine a chain of 100… creatures… on a smooth spectrum from policeman to Godzilla, and each is trying to keep the next creature up the chain in check. And then the mayor attempts to direct Godzilla via the policeman at one end of this chain.
THIS DOES NOT LEAD TO RISING PROPERTY VALUES IN TOKYO.
It’s like someone took the Godzilla vs Mega-Godzilla plan, and said “this Godzilla-fights-Mega-Godzilla plan is WAY too simple and robust, what we need is a hundred levels of recursion to make ABSOLUTELY SURE that something goes wrong!”.
Imagine more chains, often interlinked.
Some chain links will break. Which is the point—single link failures are survivable. Also for sure there are some corrupt police officers in Tokyo, but they aren’t such a big deal.
Thank you for this analogy. Your comment is apparently disagreed with but I find it perfectly encapsulates the silliness of the proposal by default.