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I assume it's the democracy bit that is your core premise. I'm not certain which country you live in. If you're in the U.S., you're not living in a democracy,

I assume it's the democracy bit that is your core premise. I'm not certain which country you live in. If you're in the U.S., you're not living in a democracy, you're living in a republic. There is a strong agenda by many people to turn it into a democracy, merely by saying it is one, and that is working, but by law, it's a republic. Democracies tend to disintegrate rapidly as the populace votes themselves beer and circuses. You see that beginning to happen now, don't you? The populace is not, and can not, be trusted to act in a fair, impartial, and informed manner. They're a mob. Look at the public lynching we almost had with the AIG folks? Even the attorneys general of New York and Connecticut got into the act. When the populace proves themselves too lazy to carefully consider the repercussions of their decisions, and too proud to admit they do not know the repercussions of their decisions, then it can't end well. This will not end well.

jobeirne 18y ago
Very frighteningly, accurately, and succinctly put.
Tichy 18y ago
What is the specialty of the Republic? I guess there are laws that the zombie masses have to adhere to, but these laws were once upon a time also created by people. I don't want to defend democracy, but it seems that it is not trivial to come up with a better system, and "don't give non-experts the permission to speak" won't cut it in my opinion. As soon as you start going down that road, a lot of other issues crop up.
- eru 18y ago
  A better model: Perhaps smaller democracies? Instead of everyone having 1/300,000,000-say in 300,000,000 lives, let them have bigger chunk in smaller systems. Stronger, faster and more direct feedback can enhance control loops without adding more sophistication otherwise. More data usually beats better algorithms. (http://anand.typepad.com/datawocky/2008/03/more-data-usual.html http://anand.typepad.com/datawocky/2008/03/more-data-usual.h...)

jobeirne 18y ago

Very frighteningly, accurately, and succinctly put.

Tichy 18y ago

What is the specialty of the Republic? I guess there are laws that the zombie masses have to adhere to, but these laws were once upon a time also created by people. I don't want to defend democracy, but it seems that it is not trivial to come up with a better system, and "don't give non-experts the permission to speak" won't cut it in my opinion. As soon as you start going down that road, a lot of other issues crop up.

eru 18y ago
A better model: Perhaps smaller democracies? Instead of everyone having 1/300,000,000-say in 300,000,000 lives, let them have bigger chunk in smaller systems. Stronger, faster and more direct feedback can enhance control loops without adding more sophistication otherwise. More data usually beats better algorithms. (http://anand.typepad.com/datawocky/2008/03/more-data-usual.html http://anand.typepad.com/datawocky/2008/03/more-data-usual.h...)