Yeah, I agree. Thinking more about this, you can think about it a bit as a mechanism for splitting the surplus of spreading accurate information fairly. Like, you are creating positive externalities by telling people that this person you respect is someone they should work with, which they get to capture. The person you respect thinks the same about you, but they are not putting in the effort to share that with others. This seems a bit unfair! It seems reasonable to be like “hey mate, I am investing in the commons in this way, and you are not, can we please both do our part?”.
It still seems a bit dicey, but like, in-principle this seems good and like it improves the world.
Yeah, I agree. Thinking more about this, you can think about it a bit as a mechanism for splitting the surplus of spreading accurate information fairly. Like, you are creating positive externalities by telling people that this person you respect is someone they should work with, which they get to capture. The person you respect thinks the same about you, but they are not putting in the effort to share that with others. This seems a bit unfair! It seems reasonable to be like “hey mate, I am investing in the commons in this way, and you are not, can we please both do our part?”.
It still seems a bit dicey, but like, in-principle this seems good and like it improves the world.