Randomized universal basic nobility RUBN. Every year 1% of land with titles is handed out by lottery to random people who pass a basic sanity and presentability test, get put through a finishing school, and get to hold the estate for lesser of 3 generations/100 years.
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Basically a thread of civilization justified by nothing more than near-naked hobbesianism, ready to step in if more idealistic institutions weaken
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Needs a Reverse Hunger Games element though to weed out the failsonshttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1201205015752298497?s=21 …
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It's something of a ideological point to claim that nobility was totally arbitrary. They punched above their weight as soon as you start measuring things like science/technology contributions, beyond (IMHO) just "well they had more time to get educated".
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I think there was some level of competence required and maintained (via genes or culture, I don't care) to beat the other nobles at war, to not piss off the king, to not fritter away the estate. Gregory Clark's work seems to confirm this.
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Perhaps all startups could have to pick random citizens to hold equity that they can’t sell or vote on
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