tumada âWhy politics Failsâ, a book that I highly recommend tech people read. How software can (and cannot) contribute to politics, freedom and equality, redistribution, civic councils and prosperity, entrepreneurial policy, climate change, etc. Itâs an easy read and a good book, but unfairly low reviews on AmazonâŠ
Excerpts from the table of contents
- Democracy: There is no such thing as âthe will of the people. - The will of the people does not exist.
- Equality: Equality of rights and equality of outcomes undermine each other
- Solidarity: we only care about solidarity when we need it for ourselves
- SECURITY: No one can escape anarchy without risking oppression
- Prosperity: What makes us rich at the moment makes us poor in the long run
Politicians elected by popular vote do not have too much power not democratically elected bodies (courts, ombudsman, central bank, religious organizations, newspapers, labor unions, etc.)
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About the Will of the People Assumes the existence of a single common interest.
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I havenât verified if this is correct, but at least:.
- When one personâs opinion is considered a vector, âeveryoneâs opinionâ is a set of vectors and cannot be considered the same vector as one personâs opinion because it has a distribution spread that is not a single point
- You have a type error.
- To connect types, we need an aggregate function, but since there is no single correct aggregate function, âwhich aggregate function to chooseâ is itself subject to social decision-making.
- People in the humanities might say, âSo itâs impossible,â but from an engineering perspective, âItâs probably possible to produce an approximate solution with realistic accuracy.
- Related:. - All models are wrong. - All data is a lie
- There is no practical problem if the majority of homo sapiens donât understand how to do that, the majority donât understand how electrons work in semiconductors, but they can use a smart phone.
- When one personâs opinion is considered a vector, âeveryoneâs opinionâ is a set of vectors and cannot be considered the same vector as one personâs opinion because it has a distribution spread that is not a single point
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