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Apr 29, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers

Less tech, more integrity. Paper ballots, manual counting.

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We can't be scared of technology. It can help us connect (it is right now). We just need to decentralize it so no one entity can harm us with it.

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Yeah? How exactly do you propose to put technology in charge of accurate vote-counting, in such a way that the voters will know that the ballots got counted accurately?

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There are lots of way. For one voters can hold onto their keys in a blockchain.

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??? "hold onto their keys in a blockchain"? What does that mean?

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Ditto! What is a "key in a blockchain"?

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Apr 29, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers

Absolutely Great Work !!! Holding the reps accountable is (IMHO) the most difficult piece. Thanks for posting this and for the work you are doing.

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1. Everyone taking responsibility for the system is a great idea, kinda like what the framers of the Constitution had in mind. But apathy, ignorance and greed get in the way.

2. The Agreement is a good idea, but way too complicated and wordy.

3. Money is energy; it cannot be separated from politics.

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The accountability here is really attractive. Limitations on power and influence. I love it. I'd live in that society happily.

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The only way this would work, even of everyone agrees to it, is if every vote is public. As long as people can say 1 thing publicly, then vote the same way they always have, nothing may change (if we get the same results, this would have to be why, but without accountability or making votes public, everyone can just lie).

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The US Constitution is the platform that provided for a radically different and fundamentally free society. Our problem is not the lack of a new technology platform with the right algo's governing it. Our problem is that we have hundreds of millions of people who are too selfish, stupid, lazy, and/or disinterested to be citizens of a democratic republic not to mention most never understood their obligations and responsibilities in such a system in the first place. You're technology platform will never make up for the flawed/incompetent citizenry.

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You seem to have a Substack titled "technologies for the human spirit" which sounded interesting but there is no content.. yet?

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It sounds like you are in the type of mindset of pointing out problems but not one for solutions.

The real problem is that the best propagandist in the world are colluding to make us all disengaged. We just need to be reengaged with purpose.

And it isn't "my" technology platform. It would be all of ours. We would create it.

A good system accounts for all of the problems you just mentioned.

Maybe listen to the explanations of the implementation here:

https://joshketry.substack.com/p/the-movement-starts-here?s=w

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So...how's the "movement" going?

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Better than expected

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And how exactly do you solve for propagandists? Whoever controls the “transparency” controls the people controls the government. The Hunter Biden laptop and Burisma story is a recent but perfect example. CNN and Fox News will happily tell you all day long how accurate and unbiased they are and most believe them, or won’t do anything about how untrue that is. People continue to lazily watch the propaganda.

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Some hypothesize that Blockchain technology would do this (like Bitcoin, where no one controls everything). It's possible, but difficult. You'd have to have people willing to do it, and that takes lots of time & money commitment. Then, the distrust of everyone in the creation of the technology, as if a "backdoor" was implemented, or something, so it's near impossible to do something everyone would agree with, or trust the results from.

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Nice job of blaming the victims! http://www.thepolemicist.net/2016/09/strike-vote.html

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In any scenario it may not be the “victim’s fault” but it is always the victim’s responsibility to get out of it.

For example, if your father left when you were young, or your mom is an addict- that is not your fault at all. However it is always your responsibility to still navigate that trauma.

It is no different here. It’s not victim blaming. It is taking responsibility for our government.

In America we are supposed to be the government. Unless we take responsibility for that it will never get fixed.

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