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As phrased, this is a nebulous question. If I had 'enough' free time, I'd find a way to make people pay the costs of their actions or choices, regardless of w
by malloreon 8y ago
As phrased, this is a nebulous question.
If I had 'enough' free time, I'd find a way to make people pay the costs of their actions or choices, regardless of where they land in the social/economic hierarchy.
Too many people who do bad things get away with them, and too few who do good are rewarded.
- Fnoord 8y agoThis, kinda. We're not born equal yet some great minds never reach their potential (I've been one of them for a good 3,5 decades). I'd love to have that problem solved, and I believe the information technology (computer, networking, etc) revolution can contribute to fix this inequality. What I'd like to do is use my 2 ct to contribute to fixing the problem. I don't believe I can fix it all by myself, but I'd love to contribute my little bit towards it.
- trendia 8y agoWhat actions and what sort of payment?
- ghthor 8y agoNot the OP, but in my mind I want a system that rewards members who are improving the health(mental and physical) of the largest possible group of other humans. The anti axis of this would be producing pain in the smallest set of other humans possible. The way to punish behaviors that are scoring worse on the above would be to reduce the total number of connections possible to other humans. You would need a recovery sensor to catch run away cascading punishments and isolate for rehab. So you find someone who has healthy relationships and you empower them. You someone with unhealthy relationships and you isolate them and rehab. Someone who can maintain large n umbers of healthy relationships is a leader.
- ilovetux 8y agoThis sounds dystopian at best.
- finaliteration 8y agoI was thinking the exact same thing. The whole tone is incredibly Orwellian.
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- firethief 8y agoWe already do a less granular version of that in the US (it was developed before the ubiquitous surveillance necessary to implement the fine-grained version)--our mechanism for punishment-by-constrained-relationship-options is prison.
- ilovetux 8y agoOur system was developed with an eye towards penitence (this started with Eastern State penitentiary in Pennsylvania). Forced penitence is a flawed concept to begin with which renders our penal system almost ineffectual in its current state. The fact of the matter is that certain people are better off separated from society while other people could do with a brief respite coupled with some therapy. This is most aparant in non-violent cases involving drugs. The war on drugs has ruined more lives than conceivable and this is while our government has realized the bad effects of prohibition for almost a century now (there is an entire constitutional amendment). The war on drugs has the effect of granting criminal organizations a monopoly over vices. While vices might not be attractive, they are necessary and granting the monopoly to violent organizations is at best gross negligence on our government's behalf.
- gremlinsinc 8y agoSo like the social media system china has?
- ilovetux 8y agoThis is a concerning comment. Are you thinking about doing anything which may cause harm to yourself or others? Sorry if that sounds cliche or something but if you find yourself overly concerned with retribution then any action you take is likely to cause more harm to yourself and your loved ones than anyone from which you extract retribution. Please feel free to discuss this with someone you trust or failing that I'm here.
- ilovetux 8y agoAfter your update, this comment feels out-of-place, but (while I contemplated deleting it) I feel like I should leave it here...just in case.
- nolite 8y agoOk Dexter
- firethief 8y agoIf you see society's problems as caused by bad actors in an otherwise working system, I can see why you'd be so angry at individuals. I'm angry too but when I have a shelf full of bad eggs I don't whip the chickens, I call a fridge technician.