+Clearly, this is not a culture that cares about ordinary people being well-informed. Apparently, they believe that owning up to it _does_ make it worse, that the untrue _is_ there to be lived (for non-Keepers).
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+As a result, the algorithm that designed dath ilan's Civilization can be seen as systematically preferring deception. When I speak of an algorithm preferring deception, [what I mean is](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fmA2GJwZzYtkrAKYJ/algorithms-of-deception) that given a social problem, candidate solutions that involve deceiving the populace seem to be higher in dath ilani Civilization's implicit search ordering than solutions that involve informing the populace. Solutions that work by means of telling the truth will be implemented only when solutions that work by means of deception are seen to fail.
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+Crucially, these are functionalist criteria of "preference" and "deception". It's about how Civilization is structured in a way that systematically encourages divergences between popular belief and reality.
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+I'm _not_ positing that Civilization's Keepers and Legislators and Chief Executive are laughing maniacally and consciously telling each other, "As an individual, I love it when non-Keepers have false beliefs; we need to do as much of that as possible—as a terminal value!"
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+Rather, I'm positing that they don't give a shit about non-Keepers having false beliefs. (They may give a shit about [not technically lying](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/PrXR66hQcaJXsgWsa/not-technically-lying), but that [turns out to be a weak constraint](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MN4NRkMw7ggt9587K/firming-up-not-lying-around-its-edge-cases-is-less-broadly).)
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+If you're in the business of coming up with clever plans to solve problems, and you don't give a shit about people having false beliefs, you mostly end up with clever plans that work by means of giving people false beliefs that trick them into doing what you want them to do (perhaps without technically lying).
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+Why wouldn't you? There are more false maps than true maps; if you don't specifically give a shit about affirmatively telling the truth, you mostly end up supplying false maps. Instrumental convergence is a harsh mistress.
+
+### Interlude: "I Can't Argue With Authorial Fiat"
+
+### History Screening
+
+### The Merrin Show
+
+### Keltham and S/M
+
+### Kitchen Knives
+
+### Conclusion
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