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I think you're on the right track, but it's a bit more complicated than just 'moving to github'. For example, majority voting isn't always the best solution to
by jsprogrammer 12y ago
I think you're on the right track, but it's a bit more complicated than just 'moving to github'.
For example, majority voting isn't always the best solution to every problem. Should court cases be decided like a reddit link where most people don't read the content, or the highest comment is a stupid pun?
I have no doubt that our institutions need to be updated and/or replaced, but it will likely have to be done piecemeal to minimize negative disruptions.
There are a lot of (technical) problems that will need to be solved to support such a system.
Don't forget that you'll need to convince everyone else in the country to switch to the new system.
- johnnyg 12y agoGood points. I think the jury system works so well because 12 people in a room eliminates the need for web speed to a large extent. Court cases should not be decided but facebook upvotes. On the other side, I work in the medical field and I see decades of lost progress because "this is so important it should be heavily regulated" which has the opposite effect. So...what's so important that is shouldn't be facebook upvote decided and will the "super important issues" system we replace it with be scalable and transparent enough to do the job? I'll think on this. It seems like both answers aren't good enough.
- random8799 12y agoReddit is a perfect example on why democracy fails. If you culture/condition humans to behave/act stupid to appeal to one another for affection, you garner no substance or value. Their deltas are null. Perhaps a new society/culture/civilization derived from a categorical intelligence is needed. Then we could analyze our resources, grow our culture based off this data, and evolve ourselves out of the current stupidity that exists today.