Karma provides an incentive structure for the production of LessWrong content; changing that structure without understanding the possible consequences, good and ill, might be unadvisable.
On the other hand, creating a new “play” currency, redeemable in donations and tied to various games that exercise the skills valued by this community—such as good calibration and discrimination—that could be a useful and fun project.
Karma provides an incentive structure for the production of LessWrong content; changing that structure without understanding the possible consequences, good and ill, might be unadvisable.
On the other hand, creating a new “play” currency, redeemable in donations and tied to various games that exercise the skills valued by this community—such as good calibration and discrimination—that could be a useful and fun project.
I agree. It seems that most people have a standby rationality mode which kicks in when their personal interests come into play.