ben.smith comments on Reducing long-term risks from malevolent actors

[ben.smith]

I think the main solution is to develop strong and resilient institutions. Areas for improvement could be:

• Distributing power over more individuals rather than less

• Making office-holding unappealing for people with narcissistic or sadistic intentions or tendencies by increasing penalties for abuses of office

• More transparency in government to make it harder to abuse the office

• More checks and balances

• Educating the electorate and building a healthier society so that people don’t want to elect a narcissist