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Indeed if the security of control of your government is fragile enough that a fancy telemarketer can acquire significant power perhaps a bit of governmental re-
by someguydave 10y ago
Indeed if the security of control of your government is fragile enough that a fancy telemarketer can acquire significant power perhaps a bit of governmental re-architecture is in order.
- mirimir 10y agoWell, what's problematic is democracy. Representative government doesn't protect against this sort of data-driven populism. If people can be manipulated so efficiently, how can democracy be workable?
- crawfordcomeaux 10y agoBy shifting societal norms toward learning nonviolent emotional independence?
- mirimir 10y agoThat seems a good start. But maybe that's game-able too. If you're dealing with an AI (or proto-AI, at least) that understands you better than you do yourself, you're pwned. So then you need your own AI, to filter input and flag exploits. Rather like anti-malware, for your mind.
- crawfordcomeaux 10y agoThat's what I'm developing :D The idea is to create a human programming language to encode activities for learning/practicing principles found in the book Nonviolent Communication and publish that before publishing the language as a way to protect oneself.
- mirimir 10y agoCool :)
- jpttsn 10y agoSounds expensive
- someguydave 10y agoOne answer: restricting the vote to people who have skin in the game. If you have to personally pay for your favored policy you might consider it more carefully.
- mirimir 10y agoYes, people with less to lose are arguably easier to manipulate. But I'd rather see some sort of "I am not a bot." test for independent thinking ;)
- someguydave 10y agoNot only are they easier to manipulate - they have a conflict of interest when they (for instance) demand that the government pay them money when they don't pay taxes.
- mirimir 10y agoThat, I believe, is among the least of our problems.