Well, it seems that no one has launched anything. However, skimming through the comments seems to indicate that this may at least partly be due to folks simply not having had enough time to coordinate any agreements about launching for some quid pro quo, or blackmail, or whatever. And, for that matter, not everyone has time to visit the site daily—I’d wager that at least some of the people who had launch codes, simply didn’t have time to go to Less Wrong all day, or forgot, etc.
Perhaps, next time, there can be more warning? Send out the launch codes a week in advance, let’s say (though maintain only a one-day window for actually using them).
That way, we can be more certain of whether the outcome was due entirely to trustworthiness, self-restraint, and a cooperative spirit, or whether it was instead due to indecisiveness and the limitations of people’s busy schedules.
Well, it seems that no one has launched anything. However, skimming through the comments seems to indicate that this may at least partly be due to folks simply not having had enough time to coordinate any agreements about launching for some quid pro quo, or blackmail, or whatever. And, for that matter, not everyone has time to visit the site daily—I’d wager that at least some of the people who had launch codes, simply didn’t have time to go to Less Wrong all day, or forgot, etc.
Perhaps, next time, there can be more warning? Send out the launch codes a week in advance, let’s say (though maintain only a one-day window for actually using them).
That way, we can be more certain of whether the outcome was due entirely to trustworthiness, self-restraint, and a cooperative spirit, or whether it was instead due to indecisiveness and the limitations of people’s busy schedules.