Yes, powerful tools for coordinated action have a potential to be used for bad. one way to think of some is just asking “what if ISIS discovered my tool?”, so of course we’d want some policy that rules out violence. but it gets trickier with laws—do actions that break the law should be ruled out? what about events like the Arab spring? surly the laws weren’t that good there… and we may even say that the violence was justified.
basically there’s two questions—how do we make sure this tool moves us from one Nash equilibria, to a better Nash equilibria, and not the other way around. and, how do we make sure that it’s doing it in a reasonable and ethical way.
Yes, powerful tools for coordinated action have a potential to be used for bad. one way to think of some is just asking “what if ISIS discovered my tool?”, so of course we’d want some policy that rules out violence. but it gets trickier with laws—do actions that break the law should be ruled out? what about events like the Arab spring? surly the laws weren’t that good there… and we may even say that the violence was justified.
basically there’s two questions—how do we make sure this tool moves us from one Nash equilibria, to a better Nash equilibria, and not the other way around. and, how do we make sure that it’s doing it in a reasonable and ethical way.