RE: What would Smart Ballots and Kamikaze voters mean to Democracy?
Colin Cantrell, developer of the Nexus Project wrote a piece on Decentralized Decentralization which talks about decentralized democracies based upon the blockchain.
https://medium.com/@colincantrell/block-chain-decentralize-decentralization-318bbf355fa0#.p69sq82ln
I think you will really like the read. I think you two should connect and kick some ideas around. As a part of the Nexus team I see the solutions you guys are coding and I would like to see Steem and Steemit (OR WHATEVER IT BECOMES) on the decentralized infrastructure in the future.
I agree with your assessment 100%. Here is another thought...
Juries are oligarchies. Imagine if juries were decentralized and democratized using the blockchain. I am sure that I would trust my verdict better with 12,000 jurors than I would with 12.
Would be cool to hear @dantheman and Colin talk about blockchain solutions.
I agree. Why I brought it up. There should be a google hangout between the two... Both are incredible intelligent and i cannot even imagine some of the things that would manifest in their conversation haha
The thing about jurors is ideally you want someone not biased to be on the jury, though they do try to find jurors likely to rule how they want as well. It makes it easy to get out of being a juror if you know what they don't want to hear.
So now let's take the trending page. What if the trending page became a prevailing belief and it was actually wrong. Would the 12000 jurors be unbiased or would the be swayed by the unintentional (or possibly intentional) propaganda that they are exposed to on a regular basis? I am again playing Devil's Advocate
I don't think quantity is always a better solution. Yet I really haven't thought of a better solution yet either. :)
Quality is better then quantity. thats where the math comes in to check the checks and balance the balances.
Right now as it stands, many jurors fear they will have repercussions if they don't side with prosecution. This i believe can be balanced with the right math... The right code. Reputations should be used for such decisions as well. But you bring up a good point, what if 99% of the trending page is wrong and you are right? Where is the VETO button?
Yep the world was not flat because 99% of the people believed it to be. :)
Also, is anyone not biased?
Hence your example of finding jurors likely to respond in agreement to the desired outcome.
We all have individual priorities and things we find important or "worthy".
No there is no non-biased person. The best they usually can do is try to find jurors that don't know much about the topic. Yet that presumes the jurors are honest during the juror choosing phase.