Communities give hugely leveraged power to those who inform and represent them—you can get lots of people to change their minds or say “the community believes X”
While I think these powers are open to abuse, it’s not to say that they aren’t valuable.
A cost-benefit analysis seems appropriate here (and there have been a lot of costs recently) rather than suggesting that there are no benefits.
Second, I don’t have a clear enough vision to lay out the alternative,
Third, I’m skeptical of doing a cost-benefit analysis without considering options for a specific actor. I can’t usefully compare alternatives of specific actions I would take, as someone not controlling any of the decisions. If CEA wants to evaluate 3 different potential strategies, they could do a useful CBA.
Communities give hugely leveraged power to those who inform and represent them—you can get lots of people to change their minds or say “the community believes X”
While I think these powers are open to abuse, it’s not to say that they aren’t valuable.
A cost-benefit analysis seems appropriate here (and there have been a lot of costs recently) rather than suggesting that there are no benefits.
First, I didn’t say there are no benefits.
Second, I don’t have a clear enough vision to lay out the alternative,
Third, I’m skeptical of doing a cost-benefit analysis without considering options for a specific actor. I can’t usefully compare alternatives of specific actions I would take, as someone not controlling any of the decisions. If CEA wants to evaluate 3 different potential strategies, they could do a useful CBA.