This is spot on. “Rules engine authoritarianism” is a great framing—been thinking a lot about its DIY opposite, “the architecture of participation” Sadly I see a lot more energy these day around the former than the latter.
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Current theory: “the architecture of participation” is attractive in expansionary/optimistic periods (like the ‘00s when
@timoreilly coined the phrase) and “Rules engine authoritarianism” is attractive in periods of contraction/uncertainty
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(nitpicking) is blockchain more like "markets for all" ?
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Rules engine authoritarians also love "planning" and have a very hard time with central planning as a substitute massively distributed calculation problems per Hayek (a blockchain guy).
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