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Jan. 15th, 2018 10:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timeletsIt looks like I've underestimated the trickiness of the Prosperity vs Inequality question discussed earlier.
To reveal preferences we typically construct a test using four steps:
1. Present two choices.
2. Make the choices binary.
3. Load each choice with a bad side effect (preferably hidden).
4. Evaluate how much the respondents are willing to trade positive vs negative.
This is enough to reveal preferences, but not enough to create justified moral indignation on both sides. Therefore, we need two additional steps:
5. Make choices personal.
6. Make personal choices public.
Polarization ensues. Somehow, people don't realize that they've been tricked into defending choices with artificially constructed bad side effects.
To reveal preferences we typically construct a test using four steps:
1. Present two choices.
2. Make the choices binary.
3. Load each choice with a bad side effect (preferably hidden).
4. Evaluate how much the respondents are willing to trade positive vs negative.
This is enough to reveal preferences, but not enough to create justified moral indignation on both sides. Therefore, we need two additional steps:
5. Make choices personal.
6. Make personal choices public.
Polarization ensues. Somehow, people don't realize that they've been tricked into defending choices with artificially constructed bad side effects.
