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But we, the people are the evolutionary filter of traditions. We decide which ones are the fit ones, which ones of the ones we inherited will we pass down and which to banish into history.

Tradition is the lowest common denominator, and relying on our collective filter for social evolution is the least efficient metric by which to evaluate productive change; tradition is the worst reason.

Just give me one example where tradition is not the worst reason for doing anything (I know you did already but I am convinced tradition is still a worse reason that sadistic pleasure, both as a valid justification and in terms of net-negative suffering outcomes).

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“Because I can”

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I’m not convinced this is a valid reason. It’s really just another way of saying “because I want to”, which is still a better than tradition.

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Subjective. I think it is way worse. Or “to see the world burn”, “to make humanity extinct”.

Be it a moral or technical angle, there is many worse than “because our ancestors did it this way and we still came about”.

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