To “dispose of an idea” requires more than just not acting on it yourself or not sharing it with others. You also have to make sure other people don’t have it.
from a strictly rational [Economic] standpoint, is there some way to get paid for my continued silence
While you may be confident no one else would think of it, those of us who (supposedly) don’t know it, may find it a little harder to buy that you have a monopoly.
This is a sufficiently niche area, that you might need to generalize more—preventing catastrophes/evil… whatever this is.
You could create or try to find a list of ideas that are already out there in the world (that seem dangerous).
True! Unfortunately, I do think that in this particular case, it is both unique and undiscovered, as it is a very weird synthesis of unrelated fields, and I can say with some confidence that the list of people with knowledge and experience equalling or exceeding mine in all of the relevant disciplines is likely small enough that one of us would have to be ‘first’, and in this case, it seems to be me.
If it were as widely known as, for example, the idea of the assassination market, it would already have been used, the fact that it has not been discussed in any of the relevant fields, and has not been implemented, suggests that it is in fact novel.
This is an appeal to my expertise and relies on mystique, so I wouldn’t find it very persuasive, unfortunately.
To “dispose of an idea” requires more than just not acting on it yourself or not sharing it with others. You also have to make sure other people don’t have it.
While you may be confident no one else would think of it, those of us who (supposedly) don’t know it, may find it a little harder to buy that you have a monopoly.
This is a sufficiently niche area, that you might need to generalize more—preventing catastrophes/evil… whatever this is.
You could create or try to find a list of ideas that are already out there in the world (that seem dangerous).
Like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_market already exists, and if that was your idea, then the ‘secret’ is already out.
True! Unfortunately, I do think that in this particular case, it is both unique and undiscovered, as it is a very weird synthesis of unrelated fields, and I can say with some confidence that the list of people with knowledge and experience equalling or exceeding mine in all of the relevant disciplines is likely small enough that one of us would have to be ‘first’, and in this case, it seems to be me.
If it were as widely known as, for example, the idea of the assassination market, it would already have been used, the fact that it has not been discussed in any of the relevant fields, and has not been implemented, suggests that it is in fact novel.
This is an appeal to my expertise and relies on mystique, so I wouldn’t find it very persuasive, unfortunately.