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Corruption is "dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery." Corruption is possible because people making laws are known enti

Corruption is "dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery." Corruption is possible because people making laws are known entities. Corruption would be quite difficult if the wealthy could not contact the Decision Makers. Logically, Decision Makers must become anonymous. I have started a project that describes how policy creation can be completely anonymous, thereby eliminating (or greatly impeding) corruption. The project is public: https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/ https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/ Take a look at the system mock-ups. Better yet, join the project and contribute your thoughts. https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Interests%20Page https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Interests%... https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Policy%20Page https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Policy%20P... https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Debate%20Page https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Debate%20P... https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Supporting%20Page https://bitbucket.org/djarvis/world-politics/wiki/Supporting... The idea hinges on using randomly selected moderators to act as guardians for contributor content. The key is that moderators are only allowed to be guardians for a limited, and also random, amount of time. Think of it as a cross between StackOverflow and randomly selected voluntary jury duty with temporally random privileges.

wolf550e 13y ago
Some of the random moderators, especially those who vote on military R&D and procurement, must be chosen from a list of citizens pre-screened with Top Secret clearance. The list will leak to the military-industrial complex within hours.
- techdragon 13y ago
  Perhaps the process should be reversed. Random selection from the pool of all candidates, followed by a 'proof of fitness' check that is conducted in secret in such a way that the identity is not as easily subjected to being leaked. This would eliminate the list, but as to how to best perform the second step, I'm not entirely sure.
  - wolf550e 13y ago
    The background check to get the clearance takes 9 months and is performed by private contractors.
techdragon 13y ago
Rather clever idea. Does have some flaws however a promising start.
- thangalin 13y ago
  What are the flaws and how would you fix them?

wolf550e 13y ago

Some of the random moderators, especially those who vote on military R&D and procurement, must be chosen from a list of citizens pre-screened with Top Secret clearance. The list will leak to the military-industrial complex within hours.

techdragon 13y ago
Perhaps the process should be reversed. Random selection from the pool of all candidates, followed by a 'proof of fitness' check that is conducted in secret in such a way that the identity is not as easily subjected to being leaked. This would eliminate the list, but as to how to best perform the second step, I'm not entirely sure.
- wolf550e 13y ago
  The background check to get the clearance takes 9 months and is performed by private contractors.

techdragon 13y ago

Rather clever idea. Does have some flaws however a promising start.

thangalin 13y ago
What are the flaws and how would you fix them?