Oddtail on Nostr: If you design a system where you get paid every time you kick someone in the shins, ...

If you design a system where you get paid every time you kick someone in the shins, people will start kicking each other in the shins.

But worse, in mere days you'll have people saying "kicking others in the shins is more efficient than talking. Yes, it's unfortunate, but that's the way progress works".

Within weeks, you'll have people saying "kicking people in the shins is bad, but it's better than kicking them in the crotch."

Within months, you'll get confused stares if you suggest maybe we should find a way to STOP kicking each other in the shins.

And within years, inevitably someone will design a system where you get paid every time you kick someone in the crotch.

Progress!