I’m confused. How is a direct democracy voted on solely by LW people going to demonstrate whether they work in general or not? Not only are people here more informed on average, but from the okCupid commenting in the Open Thread I get the feeling that we’re a relatively homogenous bunch.
You don’t know the rules of the simulation, you only know enough to be able to make desicions within it. I think that should limit the ‘informedness’ of the voters in question.
And I am merely testing to see if direct democracy works...at all. If it doesn’t work well here, then it does act as evidence against working in a less “homogenous” society. (I think. Maybe a less “homogenous” society might have a better functioning direct democracy, with new ideas, but I still think one test is better than none.)
I’m confused. How is a direct democracy voted on solely by LW people going to demonstrate whether they work in general or not? Not only are people here more informed on average, but from the okCupid commenting in the Open Thread I get the feeling that we’re a relatively homogenous bunch.
You don’t know the rules of the simulation, you only know enough to be able to make desicions within it. I think that should limit the ‘informedness’ of the voters in question.
And I am merely testing to see if direct democracy works...at all. If it doesn’t work well here, then it does act as evidence against working in a less “homogenous” society. (I think. Maybe a less “homogenous” society might have a better functioning direct democracy, with new ideas, but I still think one test is better than none.)
But.. if you limit the ability to be informed, isn’t this just a group version of trying to guess the teacher’s password?
Anyway, I’m interested in participating out of curiosity to see how this experiment will be run.
Same here. Thought to be perfectly honest this seems more like a game than a serious experiment.