alt Hacker NewsThe problem is that there's never any single "correct" solution for any engineering problem let alone social ones, and there's no single axis of "intelligence" or "expertise" that qualifies any single individual or set of individuals to make decisions in the long term on behalf of whole groups of people.
I am not a free market capitalist, I am a socialist; but I also believe in decentralizing decision making because centralized systems run by self-proclaimed people-of-merit always produces bad outcomes in the long run; left or right.
Having to find consensus is messy and difficult but always wins out in the long run.
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andrekandre • today at 1:23 AM
> there's never any single "correct" solution for any engineering problem let alone social ones
This is fun to watch if only for historic value.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL12574BA6D8566A03&si=SyeE...
>Having to find consensus is messy and difficult but always wins out in the long run.
It is talked about in the very first video. How votes are bought in the current system. Nothing is rooted in facts.
The (global) discussion should be about fixing the problem. How to find the least terrible system rather than point out all solutions are terrible.