This is an exceptionally good article, one which deserves many more upvotes than I could give, and I eagerly anticipate it’s ascension to the main page.
That said, would you be interested in analysis of other types of non-democratic voting systems; i.e. where there is no assumption that all votes are equal? Prediction markets like Hanson’s Futarchy proposal would seem to dodge several of the problems here by virtue of allowing the best voters to gradually gain increasing voting power while punishing those gaming the system and speculating, not to mention the income-IQ correlation would increase decision-making power on it’s own. An indirect voting system based on the joint stock company such as in Moldbug’s Neocameralism would also be interesting to look at, especially since the game theory of corporate governance is a well-examined field. It would also be interesting to see the existing options compared against a rationally self-interested dictator; if nothing else, it gives us a good baseline to compare against as to whether the outcomes are actually worth implementing a voting system to begin with.
Again, incredible article and I can’t wait to watch it develop.
This is an exceptionally good article, one which deserves many more upvotes than I could give, and I eagerly anticipate it’s ascension to the main page.
That said, would you be interested in analysis of other types of non-democratic voting systems; i.e. where there is no assumption that all votes are equal? Prediction markets like Hanson’s Futarchy proposal would seem to dodge several of the problems here by virtue of allowing the best voters to gradually gain increasing voting power while punishing those gaming the system and speculating, not to mention the income-IQ correlation would increase decision-making power on it’s own. An indirect voting system based on the joint stock company such as in Moldbug’s Neocameralism would also be interesting to look at, especially since the game theory of corporate governance is a well-examined field. It would also be interesting to see the existing options compared against a rationally self-interested dictator; if nothing else, it gives us a good baseline to compare against as to whether the outcomes are actually worth implementing a voting system to begin with.
Again, incredible article and I can’t wait to watch it develop.