Our systems no longer work for the people. We need to put all of our other issues aside and work together on this one line item. All parties. All people. Here's how:
Jul 12, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
Perhaps it's the chess player in me, but I can't help but look further down the line after this hypothetical solution is achieved...what prevents infiltration from corrupting an authentic burgeoning movement? A decentralized template can be constructed and put into practice, but if effectively infiltrated, all progress thereafter will be tarnished.
I suppose what I'm looking for is a litmus test of sorts. Outing sociopaths and selfish intentions is the key I see to effectively cutting to the root of the problem. At the same time, exclusion and a two-tiered society isn't a cool thing to pursue. So how will that pathogenic behavior (given it's inevitability) exist in this sort of future system?
This will require a fairly long reply, but any system that is truly transparent and decentralized will make corruption very hard. But no system is incorruptible. All systems will require constant improvement. The problem is, our current system hasn't had any improvement in hundreds of years to the actual system.
As for a litmus test - have you seen what Taiwan did? The Sunflower Revolution? They are able to keep the CCP at bay from infiltration using radical transparency. Now, that won't stop China from using physical force to take Taiwan, but it certainly has stopped them from using infiltration the way it has been used in the USA, Canada, Australia, France and the Netherlands.
A good system you should be able to turn over to your enemies and have them try to corrupt it. If they can't, then that is a good system.
Jul 14, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
That is pretty great, I love the simple concept of video-recording and posting of all meetings between government and public. Seems like that should be a standard by default at this point, and shouldn't be a hard to insist upon (aside from the rampant incompetency being a hefty roadblock. They can't even livestream a press conference correctly from the white house half the time.)
I don't see this ever working on a federal level in the u.s., at least not while the pentagon and military keeps playing World Police - the "national security" clause for exclusion from transparency would be played in perpetuity - though I don't see that role of "world police" being relevant in the long run, so maybe it's just a waiting game on the federal front. I certainly agree a pilot project (perhaps a mid-sized town?) would be key to testing a system like this out first. Frankly if can scale up and ends at the state level, that might be the perfect endpoint.
This is a great seed of hope to nurture and cultivate. Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comprehend it! The national security clause of course would be invoked to prevent transparency- but we could keep chipping away at that and demanding checks and balances by independent parties. As more and more “transparent” minded politicians got elected, and we saw the system improve, we would realize this permission for cover to lie and hide the truth is where the corruption is happening in the name of “national security.”
Jul 13, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
That's exactly the key factor to me — building a system that's resistant to being gamed by sociopaths, of which humanity contains a not-insignificant proportion.
Jul 12, 2022Liked by The Society of Problem Solvers
I love the idea .....the problem is getting enough support. There is an entrenched group that has control of the corporate media .....and they don’t want to fix anything because they benefit from the corruption(power and money illicitly obtained). It will take a lot for them to give it up.
Decentralization is already happening in the media Mark. Most corporate media has lost 70-90% viewership and people like you and me are going to Substack, podcasts, and YouTube for news we trust.
The thing with decentralization is we just need to do it in a small area first. Then it will spread and cannot be stopped.
The problem I see is getting the tech built first. The rest seems easy to me.
Perhaps it's the chess player in me, but I can't help but look further down the line after this hypothetical solution is achieved...what prevents infiltration from corrupting an authentic burgeoning movement? A decentralized template can be constructed and put into practice, but if effectively infiltrated, all progress thereafter will be tarnished.
I suppose what I'm looking for is a litmus test of sorts. Outing sociopaths and selfish intentions is the key I see to effectively cutting to the root of the problem. At the same time, exclusion and a two-tiered society isn't a cool thing to pursue. So how will that pathogenic behavior (given it's inevitability) exist in this sort of future system?
This will require a fairly long reply, but any system that is truly transparent and decentralized will make corruption very hard. But no system is incorruptible. All systems will require constant improvement. The problem is, our current system hasn't had any improvement in hundreds of years to the actual system.
As for a litmus test - have you seen what Taiwan did? The Sunflower Revolution? They are able to keep the CCP at bay from infiltration using radical transparency. Now, that won't stop China from using physical force to take Taiwan, but it certainly has stopped them from using infiltration the way it has been used in the USA, Canada, Australia, France and the Netherlands.
A good system you should be able to turn over to your enemies and have them try to corrupt it. If they can't, then that is a good system.
Read more about the Sunflower Revolution here: https://joshketry.substack.com/p/the-case-for-building-a-new-open
That is pretty great, I love the simple concept of video-recording and posting of all meetings between government and public. Seems like that should be a standard by default at this point, and shouldn't be a hard to insist upon (aside from the rampant incompetency being a hefty roadblock. They can't even livestream a press conference correctly from the white house half the time.)
I don't see this ever working on a federal level in the u.s., at least not while the pentagon and military keeps playing World Police - the "national security" clause for exclusion from transparency would be played in perpetuity - though I don't see that role of "world police" being relevant in the long run, so maybe it's just a waiting game on the federal front. I certainly agree a pilot project (perhaps a mid-sized town?) would be key to testing a system like this out first. Frankly if can scale up and ends at the state level, that might be the perfect endpoint.
This is a great seed of hope to nurture and cultivate. Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks for reading and taking the time to comprehend it! The national security clause of course would be invoked to prevent transparency- but we could keep chipping away at that and demanding checks and balances by independent parties. As more and more “transparent” minded politicians got elected, and we saw the system improve, we would realize this permission for cover to lie and hide the truth is where the corruption is happening in the name of “national security.”
That's exactly the key factor to me — building a system that's resistant to being gamed by sociopaths, of which humanity contains a not-insignificant proportion.
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Thanks for reading!
I love the idea .....the problem is getting enough support. There is an entrenched group that has control of the corporate media .....and they don’t want to fix anything because they benefit from the corruption(power and money illicitly obtained). It will take a lot for them to give it up.
Decentralization is already happening in the media Mark. Most corporate media has lost 70-90% viewership and people like you and me are going to Substack, podcasts, and YouTube for news we trust.
The thing with decentralization is we just need to do it in a small area first. Then it will spread and cannot be stopped.
The problem I see is getting the tech built first. The rest seems easy to me.