Can we distinguish between politics changed by new information or an altered context, and politics changed by …growing laziness? (Or laziness in countering our greed, desire for comfort, valuing ourselves above others, etc?) Is that common gradual shift with age to more self-preserving politics to be attributed to greater knowledge base, or in part to energy-saving efforts . And if energy-preservation is important, then couldn’t picking and sticking with a tribe be a way of outsourcing compute power and fighting against laziness-led political-creep?
Yes, good point. Lots of people do change as they creep towards a lazier worldview. And it's also possible that outsourcing to a tribe can obviate the creep. Outsourcing is probably rational up to a point. I can't expect every person to spend a lot of time thinking about political philosophy or whatever & to comprehensively audit their views every election cycle. But maybe people who do spend a lot of time following politics should be expected to not outsource.
Can we distinguish between politics changed by new information or an altered context, and politics changed by …growing laziness? (Or laziness in countering our greed, desire for comfort, valuing ourselves above others, etc?) Is that common gradual shift with age to more self-preserving politics to be attributed to greater knowledge base, or in part to energy-saving efforts . And if energy-preservation is important, then couldn’t picking and sticking with a tribe be a way of outsourcing compute power and fighting against laziness-led political-creep?
Yes, good point. Lots of people do change as they creep towards a lazier worldview. And it's also possible that outsourcing to a tribe can obviate the creep. Outsourcing is probably rational up to a point. I can't expect every person to spend a lot of time thinking about political philosophy or whatever & to comprehensively audit their views every election cycle. But maybe people who do spend a lot of time following politics should be expected to not outsource.