Cicada: A Distributed Direct Democracy and Decentralized Application Platform
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Re: Cicada: A Distributed Direct Democracy and Decentralized Application Platform
#2From the readme
>Cicada is a revolutionary distributed direct democracy (DDD) platform that will unleash the true power of the people, allowing tomorrow's Founding Fathers to run an entire nation from the palm of their hand. It's powered by a radical new blockchain that's completely immune to centralization and pays you to secure it with a practical Universal Basic Income.
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#3>A true Direct Democracy (DD) requires representativeless government. The concept is so new that the word representativeless does not even exist. We had to invent it
I think non-representative would suffice and it would sound better. Anyway, the project looks cool but I have a strong aversion towards direct democracy, referendums, etc. when millions/billions are involved
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#4Sounds cool. When are we expected to start tattooing HUID QR codes into eachothers hands, foreheads? /s
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#5Do people really think pure direct democracy is a good idea? Why?
We already have a problem with legislators not understanding anything about many areas they are expected to create policy on. Why would Average Joe do any better?
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#6Is this linked to the "cicada" where people solved riddles to find clues and apply for membership in something very secret?
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#7Is this linked to the "cicada" where people solved riddles to find clues and apply for membership in something very secret?
I was thinking the same
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#8Sounds cool. When are we expected to start tattooing HUID QR codes into eachothers hands, foreheads? /s
It'll be implanted RFID chips, duh!
Re: Cicada: A Distributed Direct Democracy and Decentralized Application Platform
#9Do people really think pure direct democracy is a good idea? Why? We already have a problem with legislators not understanding anything about many areas they are expected to create policy on. Why would Average Joe do any better?
Because you're talking about Averaged Joes instead of a singular political career.
Direct democracy, I'm guessing, would amortise absolute power corrupting absolutely by spreading the power thinly across the population.
Re: Cicada: A Distributed Direct Democracy and Decentralized Application Platform
#10Do people really think pure direct democracy is a good idea? Why? We already have a problem with legislators not understanding anything about many areas they are expected to create policy on. Why would Average Joe do any better?
AFAIK we have known for a long time that we are smarter together.
See under "Variance and standard deviation" in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton for a well known example.
That said I personally think this is an extreme case.
I'll also admit that people - including me - are scaringly easy to manipulate in cases that are more complicated than this.
Generally I'm more in favour of the Swiss system where you meet in town and vote by raising your sword. (disclaimer: I think this might have changed now - I heard this was how it used to be done by someone I know who grew up there a decade or two (I guess) before I was born. )