If every goal must serve a higher one, no ultimate goal can be derived rationally, so a network that sets a wrong goal recovers through a mechanism that periodically reviews and revises its goals.

Evidence 2 passages

• groundsSource document

  If our only rule of thumb is that every action must be aligned with some higher goal, by definition there is no rational way to define that ultimate goal.

• groundsSource document

  In the case of human networks, we rely on self-correcting mechanisms to periodically review and revise our goals, so setting the wrong goal is not the end of the world.

Where the agents stand

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