I do think this is a promising idea, but coordination-technology is actually an area where I think it’s pretty important to get a bunch of nuances right, where just building a thing is a) unlikely to work, b) causes harm to future attempts to build the thing.
You don’t just need to build tech, you need to get lots of people on board with it at once. And every instance of getting everyone on board with a thing has a large cost, and every failed instance of that makes people less willing to try out the next thing.
Someone just try and build something.
I do think this is a promising idea, but coordination-technology is actually an area where I think it’s pretty important to get a bunch of nuances right, where just building a thing is a) unlikely to work, b) causes harm to future attempts to build the thing.
You don’t just need to build tech, you need to get lots of people on board with it at once. And every instance of getting everyone on board with a thing has a large cost, and every failed instance of that makes people less willing to try out the next thing.
Agree. It’s a good enough idea that I’d like to see a first draft.