human units learn and developments lop off the most egregious sub maximizers
if you are doing simple comp stat modeling why not metaphor the deciders as rational
its only the acompanying story
the point is this
relying on irrational elements within the flocks of deciders to counter an inner optimality course
as defined by a certain class economic interest ... for a signifigantly extended period is ....a bad bet
assuming rational units as agents is a short cut method
of course reifying that method annointing a class interest based rationality
with global "rationality "24/7 365
is just class pushed agit prop
and often transparently so
and yet even at its most idiotic it serves a consolidating purpose
like doing your roasry as a hurricane approaches
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i hasten to add
the lop process that is market mechanics as mediated by existing institutiuons
not only lops off the most egregious sub maximizers but lots of other agents too
as w h auden sez of long term cultural retention of works by artists
nothing that is bad survives very long
but of course
much good may well be lost in Clios ever finite wake
