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"Accountability" is viewed by most people as a virtue, but it's interesting to look at cases where *lack of accountability* is an explicit goal of some system. Examples: * Voting (secret ballot) * Juries * Tenure * Anonymous complaints * Privacy norms/rules/laws
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Anon culture is about having less accountability, with the goal of allowing people to authentically speak their minds. As an anon, you don't get negative personal consequences for saying things others dislike, but you also miss out on lots of positive personal consequences.
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One way to read is that wants more accountability everywhere: Voting -> prediction markets Regulation -> mandatory liability insurance The general principle: if you sign off on something that turns out bad, you pay up. Ideally run the entire gov on that principle.
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I would say that in general the biggest evil is not accountability or unaccountability, but *imbalanced accountability* - being accountable for some types of consequences but not others. This creates a clear imbalance, where people target only the thing that is being measured.
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