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>Trust is a feature, not a bug. If trust is violated by rogue agents, it is because they exist[0], not because trust itself is a folly. It's about building rob
by logicchains 4y ago
>Trust is a feature, not a bug. If trust is violated by rogue agents, it is because they exist[0], not because trust itself is a folly.
It's about building robust systems. A system that assumes counterparties are trustworthy will fail in the case they aren't (as demonstrated clearly in modern OS/web architecture), whereas a system that assumes counterparties are not trustworthy will not fail in that case.
> we should strive for a future where humans are not motivated to hurt other humans.
This is the same premise as communism and has proven to be a complete failure: it's not possible to change human nature. Even with a massive propaganda and brainwashing apparatus like the Chinese education system.
- strogonoff 4y agoI agree that current technical systems must not assume trust, for as long as we have malicious agents. IMO we should not let this be baked into the fabric of human society though. And for the record, I believe it is possible to achieve what I am talking about in conditions and general spirit of market and capitalism. Suppressing personal choice (USSR- and China-style) is not the way to get there, it is in fact the opposite—making people feel psychologically secure enough to not feel compelled to be malicious is one thing; forcing them into constraints that prevent them from being malicious does not solve the issue and only obscures it (and besides, party elites will always be free to be whatever they want). In fact, it is the parallels between blockchain-based social system and some emerging Chinese realities (social karma, etc.) that worry me.