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The Internet Is Here. Why Are We Still Making Decisions Like It’s The 1700s?
- cyphunk 13y agoDelegation should be instant and dynamic. If I trust somebody to make a decision on my behalf, I should be able to delegate to them instantly. And if they lose my trust, I should be able to take it away with the same speed. It sounds nice until one considers certain conditions where emotion takes dangerous bias in collective decision making. Think: after a tragedy or during a war. "Delegating" is the the lazy form of democracy. At least on the ethical and moral responsibility level. Discussion and action are the least lazy. I agree with the OP that other discussion platforms show how that can be done better. Influence of such platforms may come naturally as the zombie generation (read: TV) dies off and the participatory generation (read: Internet) becomes more commonplace. But they should definitely be encouraged. To me the keyword comes from opinion modelling rather that direct decision and low-latency delegation. As we gauge and model opinion better this will increase citizen influence. ... I'm still not sure however if this is a good thing. In any case the OP's project looks to be an interesting project to build a system to foster such communication of opinion: https://www.loomio.org/ The world needs a better way to make decisions together.