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People do not agree on what reason or wisdom is. It depends on their priors. Moral reasoning exists within communities having shared values. In our hyper-individualistic age given over to self-expression above all else, that does not exist. Alasdair MacIntyre brilliantly analyzed this in After Virtue.

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In Arnold’s first 15 member team version, Alasdair was one of my picks, but wise people don’t score many points due to limited output. I think he was rapidly traded for Bari Weiss. The new Neo, my other favorite/ most read blogger is careful, analytic, and accurate—true. Also chosen (#14) but also few points despite many, many posts.

Many wise folk look for a better method of cooperation than Tit for Tat, but don’t find one.

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