a system that lets people express which issues they care about in a freeform way
We already have that: the Internet, and the major platforms built on it. Anyone can talk about anything.
allowing us to simply express our feelings about the issues which actually affect us.
If the platform is created, how do you get people to use it the way you would like them to? People have views on far more than the things someone else thinks should concern them.
“If the platform is created, how do you get people to use it the way you would like them to? People have views on far more than the things someone else thinks should concern them.”
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If people are weighted equally, ie if the influence of each person’s written ballot is equal and capped, then each person is incentivized to emphasize the things which actually affect them.
Anyone could express views on things which don’t affect them, it’d just be unwise. When you’re voting between candidates (as in status quo), those candidates attempt to educate and engage you about all the issues they stand for, even if they’re irrelevant to you. A system where your ballot is a written expression of what you care about suffers much less from this issue.
We already have that: the Internet, and the major platforms built on it. Anyone can talk about anything.
If the platform is created, how do you get people to use it the way you would like them to? People have views on far more than the things someone else thinks should concern them.
“If the platform is created, how do you get people to use it the way you would like them to? People have views on far more than the things someone else thinks should concern them.”
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If people are weighted equally, ie if the influence of each person’s written ballot is equal and capped, then each person is incentivized to emphasize the things which actually affect them.
Anyone could express views on things which don’t affect them, it’d just be unwise. When you’re voting between candidates (as in status quo), those candidates attempt to educate and engage you about all the issues they stand for, even if they’re irrelevant to you. A system where your ballot is a written expression of what you care about suffers much less from this issue.
the article proposes a governance that synthesizes individuals’ freeform preferences into collective legislative action.
internet platforms allow freeform expression, of course, but don’t do that synthesis.