I don’t think there’s any good way to simplify or purify the processes that exist in law and politics of deciding which behaviours are unethical or have a social cost and therefore should be taxed or punished, such as through a carbon tax or laws about air pollution. Anti-coin turns this into an online vote, like American Idol but Black Mirror. You could get rid of the whole currency aspect of it and just allow people to vote online on who should receive what punishments, such as a fine, community service, house arrest, or prison time. But this would be an engine of cruelty.
Liberal democratic societies work because our institutions and norms encourage pro-social behaviour and enforce safeguards against our anti-social impulses. I think it’s interesting to observe how quickly pro-sociality breaks down and how anti-social behaviour becomes the norm when you put humans in an unnatural environmental like Twitter. Cruelty and aggression completely take over. When we design social systems, we must take into account what encourages the better angels of our nature and what brings out our worst instincts.
I don’t think there’s any good way to simplify or purify the processes that exist in law and politics of deciding which behaviours are unethical or have a social cost and therefore should be taxed or punished, such as through a carbon tax or laws about air pollution. Anti-coin turns this into an online vote, like American Idol but Black Mirror. You could get rid of the whole currency aspect of it and just allow people to vote online on who should receive what punishments, such as a fine, community service, house arrest, or prison time. But this would be an engine of cruelty.
Liberal democratic societies work because our institutions and norms encourage pro-social behaviour and enforce safeguards against our anti-social impulses. I think it’s interesting to observe how quickly pro-sociality breaks down and how anti-social behaviour becomes the norm when you put humans in an unnatural environmental like Twitter. Cruelty and aggression completely take over. When we design social systems, we must take into account what encourages the better angels of our nature and what brings out our worst instincts.