Worth reading The Fourth Turning at this particular juncture. Predicts exactly this loss of confidence in government institutions (was published in ~1997) as patterned on a thought provoking cyclical notion of American history.
Interesting perspective (putting aside the Bitcoin bubble for a moment) that trust in governments and human institutions is faltering. Ultimately human governance is a form of algorithm, with its own strengths and flaws.https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/opinion/bitcoin-boom-technology-trust.html …
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Interesting read....thanks Hadi!
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Didn't read article, but I find this tweet extremely problematic. 1) Algorithms are human institutions. 2) Algos solve a specific domain of problems 3) Governance doesn't solve problems. I could go on, but there are people far smarter that can and should chime in
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I think this is reflective of the pop explanations of algorithms common in CS education. Algorithms are not ANY complex procedure, they are domain specific, generalized, and scalable. Governance is so varied that it's not even close to algorithmic.
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"In code we trust" - flashy slogan. But here's some flash news: blockchain code was written by humans
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Yes, the headline is written to draw attention. Note: open source code means everybody in the world can inspect it to find and fix flaws.
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