The more power a wish fulfillment genie has, and the less bound it is by human structures, the more likely it is to sidestep your intent.
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Relying on factors other than virtue (checks and balances, profit motive, re-election motive) to create good policy is like using genies.
I expect future technologies to vastly increase the power, and therefore the wiggle room, available to such metaphorical genies.
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This makes me skeptical of methods to ensure good policy that aren't based on increasing the virtue of decision-makers.
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(This seems to me like a consideration against democracy, Moldbug's neocameralism, Darwinian competition, futarchy, ...)
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