Category Archives: Moral Mazes

Mazes Sequence Roundup: Final Thoughts and Paths Forward

Posted on February 6, 2020 by TheZvi

There are still two elephants in the room that I must address before concluding. Then I will discuss paths forward. Moloch’s Army The first elephant is Moloch’s Army. I still can’t find a way into this without sounding crazy. The … Continue reading →

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Protecting Large Projects Against Mazedom

Posted on February 3, 2020 by TheZvi

Previous Post: Create a Full Alternative Stack If we wish to accomplish something that would benefit from or require a larger organization or more levels of management and bureaucracy, what should we do in light of the dangers of mazes? There … Continue reading →

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Create a Full Alternative Stack

Posted on January 31, 2020 by TheZvi

Last time I proposed nine strategies for fighting mazes. All of them were either systemic solutions requiring coordinated and/or political action, or cultural shifts that happen one person at a time. Now for the tenth and final proposal for how … Continue reading →

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Potential Ways to Fight Mazes

Posted on January 28, 2020 by TheZvi

The previous post listed some of the causes of higher than normal maze present in today’s society.  This post asks what might be done about it, both as an individual and via group coordination. I believe it is better to … Continue reading →

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Ten Causes of Mazedom

Posted on January 25, 2020 by TheZvi

We continue answering the questions we asked earlier. It was claimed last time that maze levels and the danger of mazes was lower in the past than it is now, and that overall maze levels have been rising, as measured … Continue reading →

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How Doomed are Large Organizations?

Posted on January 21, 2020 by TheZvi

We now take the model from the previous post, and ask the questions over the next several posts. This first answer post asks these questions: Are these dynamics the inevitable results of large organizations? How can we forestall these dynamics … Continue reading →

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The Road to Mazedom

Posted on January 18, 2020 by TheZvi

Previous post: How Escape From Immoral Mazes Sequence begins here: Moloch Hasn’t Won The previous posts mostly took mazes as given.  As an individual, one’s ability to fight any large system is limited.  That does not mean our individual decisions do not … Continue reading →

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How Escape From Immoral Mazes

Posted on January 16, 2020 by TheZvi

Previously in sequence and most on point: What is Success in an Immoral Maze?, How to Identify an Immoral Maze This post deals with the goal of avoiding or escaping being trapped in an immoral maze, accepting that for now we are … Continue reading →

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How to Identify an Immoral Maze

Posted on January 12, 2020 by TheZvi

Previously in sequence: Moloch Hasn’t Won, Perfect Competition, Imperfect Competition, Does Big Business Hate Your Family?, What is Life in an Immoral Maze?, Stripping Away the Protections, What is Success in an Immoral Maze? Immoral mazes (hereafter mazes), as laid out in the book Moral Mazes, are toxic … Continue reading →

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What is Success in an Immoral Maze?

Posted on January 10, 2020 by TheZvi

Previously in Sequence: Moloch Hasn’t Won, Perfect Competition, Imperfect Competition, Does Big Business Hate Your Family?, What is Life in an Immoral Maze?, Stripping Away the Protections Immoral Mazes are terrible places to be. Much worse than they naively appear. They promise the rewards and trappings … Continue reading →

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