One concern with that system that came to my mind is the possibility that explicitly assigning one vote for a personâs own use and one for a personâs use on behalf of future generations could make the idea of voting in a more self-interested/âshort-termist way more salient, as well as making it seem more acceptable, or even like itâs the norm that theyâre being encouraged to follow. It seems like it might therefore make people more likely to use âtheir ownâ vote in a more self-interested/âshort-termist way (which could just cancel out the increased longtermism of peopleâs âsecond votesâ, rather than making things worse overall).
But thatâs entirely speculative, and seems to me somewhat less likely than Demeny Voting causing people to (a) just vote twice for what they wouldâve voted for anyway, (b) use âtheir ownâ vote like they wouldâve anyway but their âsecondâ vote in more longtermist way, or (c) use both votes in a more longtermist way. But it still seems like thatâs a concern worth investigating. (Itâs possible itâs been investigated alreadyâI havenât read any of the linked papers.)
One concern with that system that came to my mind is the possibility that explicitly assigning one vote for a personâs own use and one for a personâs use on behalf of future generations could make the idea of voting in a more self-interested/âshort-termist way more salient, as well as making it seem more acceptable, or even like itâs the norm that theyâre being encouraged to follow. It seems like it might therefore make people more likely to use âtheir ownâ vote in a more self-interested/âshort-termist way (which could just cancel out the increased longtermism of peopleâs âsecond votesâ, rather than making things worse overall).
But thatâs entirely speculative, and seems to me somewhat less likely than Demeny Voting causing people to (a) just vote twice for what they wouldâve voted for anyway, (b) use âtheir ownâ vote like they wouldâve anyway but their âsecondâ vote in more longtermist way, or (c) use both votes in a more longtermist way. But it still seems like thatâs a concern worth investigating. (Itâs possible itâs been investigated alreadyâI havenât read any of the linked papers.)