Politicians have little accountability beyond "public opinion" and "peer opinion", both of which, being human, are easy to game. https://twitter.com/ClarkHat/status/925774636046082054 …
or step it down. Political block-chain is interesting and figuring out applications is good brain food.
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Blockchain Trust is Mechanical Trust. It is underwritten by Human Trust in experts, networks, science, repeatability.
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Political Trust is a direct application of Human Trust. It cannot be mechanized (like a ledger) until we have fully mechanized The Human.
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Confusion between trust as measure of mechanical vs human authenticity makes the idea of a Political Blockchain absurd & plausibly humorous.
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money as token stand-in for trust/status in human relationships. blockchain tokens as domain specific money. I don't think its absurd.
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Trust is multifaceted, implicit, and time-varying. It cannot be easily computed, and even if it could, it cannot be easily transacted.
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this is good skepticism. I'll have to sharpen my thinking on the idea. Thanks!
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further thoughts: - foundation of trust is authenticity - authentic means "truth to original source" - transactional vs human authenticity?
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- trust as a service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Check_verification_service … - in what ways could a human act be authentic? - in what ways should a politician be authentic?
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