An idea that builds on the ideas presented in this post: While I am personally in favor of democracy for reasons that I would describe as pertaining to “The Soothhood” (roughly, ethics), the argument I lay out does not require a democratic, or even election-based, mechanism to hold. One may wonder if there are other forms of governance that take advantage of this effect.
My mind wonders about a government where only people who reach a certain skill level at Go or Chess can serve in the government, perhaps with a particular nerfed version of AlphaGo that runs on particular hardware, that is calibrated to be equivalent to a certain dan level, which someone must be able to beat in a standardized test match in order to hold office.
I imagine even a cross between a meritocracy and a republic, where a person must reach a certain level of skill at Go in order to be a candidate in a democratic election. Perhaps one must be at least 1st dan to stand for election to the lower house, at least 5th dan to stand for the upper house or to serve as a minister in the executive, and at least 9th dan to be a candidate for the head of government.
An idea that builds on the ideas presented in this post: While I am personally in favor of democracy for reasons that I would describe as pertaining to “The Soothhood” (roughly, ethics), the argument I lay out does not require a democratic, or even election-based, mechanism to hold. One may wonder if there are other forms of governance that take advantage of this effect.
My mind wonders about a government where only people who reach a certain skill level at Go or Chess can serve in the government, perhaps with a particular nerfed version of AlphaGo that runs on particular hardware, that is calibrated to be equivalent to a certain dan level, which someone must be able to beat in a standardized test match in order to hold office.
I imagine even a cross between a meritocracy and a republic, where a person must reach a certain level of skill at Go in order to be a candidate in a democratic election. Perhaps one must be at least 1st dan to stand for election to the lower house, at least 5th dan to stand for the upper house or to serve as a minister in the executive, and at least 9th dan to be a candidate for the head of government.