Yeah, any hierarchical system is susceptible to abuse.
In contrast to the current system, do you think a technocracy would be more vulnerable to these problems?
I'm also interested in hearing your proposal for a non-hierarchical system. I've wanted to look at some decentralized systems (and ironically, Lemmy is sort of like that), but I haven't really found anything that seems promising.
I appreciate you agreeing with some technical requirements, but I want some perspective for why it's not a good idea. It seems like we're in agreement, though.
I don't know why you were downvoted. I really appreciate how thorough you were and the links you provided.
I'm still drafting a reply. I just think it's weird you got downvoted.
Yeah, it's sort of a chicken before the egg problem - you need an expert to identify one. The potential for echo chambers is there.
In practice, though, wouldn't it be similar to how any other role is filled?
Here's one criterion: Outcomes. What is their track record? Have they made meaningful contributions that solve complex problems? I don't need an intimate knowledge of carpentry to see that a contractor's reviews have photos of great (or not so great) work.
The actual electoral process could be a variety of approaches, and all have their weaknesses, but most would be 'less wrong' than the current system.
Hardly any economist would agree with a tariff, yet here we are.
I don't have a stake in whether it's a nomination system by academic organizations, or some other minimum bar, or whether the process is still ultimately democratic, etc. One can theorycraft all kinds of technocratic electoral systems and their weaknesses, but I'm gonna need some convincing that any systems' flaws are worse than what we have now.
Yeah, I agree that's an issue. In a way, Americans are experiencing that live, today.
What about a variant of technocracy that accounts for conflicts of interest?
This seems like a game you'd do with other programmers, lol.
I can understand using AI to write some potentially verbose or syntactically hell lines to save time and headaches.
The whole coding process? No. 😭
No, but I will by April. 👀 Thank you for the idea.
I'll reply to this post when I set it up. It's high priority on my to-do list.
I must be a reincarnation of this guy, cuz I'm literally working on a micro-book called, "Rationalized Malice: How Faulty Logic Justifies Harm."
The book won't be out for a while (I'm in uni and have some high-impact research projects coming up), but it'll be practical in that 80% of it will be what you can do, as an individual.
These are great suggestions! Already one step ahead of you - most are already on my to-do list as I work on more posts (I'm about 3 posts in now and should finish 2 of them by next week).
I am from the U.S. and am unfortunately not as knowledgeable about specific resources from other countries. However, most resources should be generalizable to everyone who has access to the internet.
I definitely encourage you and others to post whatever resources you do know! A community is stronger with input from everyone. 😌 I'll continue working down my to-do list and posting what I know.
Nice nice, that's a good major.
To be clear, J-PAL addresses a variety of issues outside of poverty, and some are even fuzzy, like women's empowerment.
I agree that inflation and unemployment are mutually exclusive when it comes to managing the central bank. However, is it really that much different from other problems with constraints? It's not like an engineer just abandons a project and leave it up to 'judgment' - they find optimal ranges to adjust the dials to.
If your ultimate goal is to have more prosperity (in terms of employment and prices), the central bank is simply one of many tools that can affect this (and a pretty constrained one at that). You'd be better off looking at additional tools at your disposal, such as evidence-based vocational training programs, and scaling them nationwide.