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Stop thinking like an engineer. The most important feature of elections is that everyone in society can take part of the process, understand the process, and (

Stop thinking like an engineer. The most important feature of elections is that everyone in society can take part of the process, understand the process, and (locally) verify that the elections are fair. Technology just introduces black boxes that citizens are somehow expected to trust, because something something cryptography something blockchain. No, that's not good enough.

Havoc 8y ago
>Technology just introduces black boxes that citizens are somehow expected to trust oh please. People trust the lock sign on HTTPS all day without understanding it. (or mastercard or the bridge they drive over or well anything). Avoiding superior technological solutions just because the man on the street doesn't understand them is a bad approach. If society did that we'd still be in the 1800s.
- ninkendo 8y ago
  > oh please. People trust the lock sign on HTTPS all day without understanding it Yes, and the internet is an absolute cesspool when it comes to security. Do we really want to hold up the internet as a shining success that we should be applying to probably the most important institution we have?
- ketzu 8y ago
  The understanding is an important part of voting, not in general use of technology and the parent did mention this: > The most important feature of elections
- KSteffensen 8y ago
  People don't trust the lock sign on HTTPS. They don't know what it means. That's OK for some website, things work anyway. If an election goes against you and you don't clearly understand and trust the voting mechanism, you're not going to vote next time because why bother? It's all rigged anyway.
- dbdjfjrjvebd 8y ago
  And people are quite OK to trust these. In these cases there is a central authority from which trust can be established. Voting is the opposite. During voting the central authority is being changed by the man on the street. He therefore needs to understand how it works otherwise how is he in control?

Havoc 8y ago

>Technology just introduces black boxes that citizens are somehow expected to trust oh please. People trust the lock sign on HTTPS all day without understanding it. (or mastercard or the bridge they drive over or well anything). Avoiding superior technological solutions just because the man on the street doesn't understand them is a bad approach. If society did that we'd still be in the 1800s.

ninkendo 8y ago
> oh please. People trust the lock sign on HTTPS all day without understanding it Yes, and the internet is an absolute cesspool when it comes to security. Do we really want to hold up the internet as a shining success that we should be applying to probably the most important institution we have?
ketzu 8y ago
The understanding is an important part of voting, not in general use of technology and the parent did mention this: > The most important feature of elections
KSteffensen 8y ago
People don't trust the lock sign on HTTPS. They don't know what it means. That's OK for some website, things work anyway. If an election goes against you and you don't clearly understand and trust the voting mechanism, you're not going to vote next time because why bother? It's all rigged anyway.
dbdjfjrjvebd 8y ago
And people are quite OK to trust these. In these cases there is a central authority from which trust can be established. Voting is the opposite. During voting the central authority is being changed by the man on the street. He therefore needs to understand how it works otherwise how is he in control?