Social innovation legitimizes governance.
Because Ethereum is open source, anyone who wants to can “fork,” meaning, use it to pursue a different vision. This kind of social innovation legitimates governance, but in a way that is free of the legitimacy provided by representative elections. This way, people can see when social innovations work better. --- Audrey Tang
- (DeepL) ethereum is open source (software, etc.), so anyone can “folk” it if they wish. Such social innovation legitimizes governance in a way that is free from the legitimacy of representative elections. In this way, people will know when social innovation works better.
- Democracy needs to evolve into a real-time system
“Social innovation legitimizes governance, but in the process it is independent of the legitimacy of current governance.”
- Traditional “election of representatives by voting” creates legitimacy of “status quo governance”.
- social innovation in a way that is independent of this “status quo legitimacy of governance.”
- If that social innovation works well, posterior it will turn into “a new legitimacy” as people decide “this is a good thing.”
Open source can be forked by anyone, allowing a wide variety of experiments.
- So it is not appropriate to authorize one of those experiments in advance, that is, it is not appropriate to authorize one of those experiments in advance.
- It is easier to evaluate the results after they have been achieved.
In terms of “legitimating governance,” the author is suggesting that the ability to fork, or create a new direction for the project, provides a form of democratic governance. However, this legitimacy does not come from the traditional representative elections as in political systems. Instead, it is achieved through the consensus of the community and their collective decisions about the direction of the project.
- (DeepL) In terms of “legitimizing governance,” the authors suggest that the forking, or the ability to create a new direction for the project, provides a form of democratic governance. This legitimacy, however, does not come through traditional representative elections, as in political systems. Instead, it is achieved through community consensus and their collective decision-making regarding the direction of the project.
Well, not by traditional primaries, but by Attention mobile voting.
If a project is more successful, it will likely attract more users and developers, providing a clear signal of its effectiveness. In this way, the open-source nature of projects like Ethereum enables a form of direct democracy and social innovation, where the best ideas can succeed based on their merits.
- (DeepL) As the project becomes more successful, it will attract more users and developers, a clear signal of its effectiveness. Thus, the open-source nature of a project like Ethereum allows for a form of direct democracy and social innovation, allowing the best ideas to succeed on their own merits.
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