Your Medium article is really excellent—of course, I’ve recently become biased. Up until now, I’m someone who voted religiously in every election. I think this November will be the first time I’ll leave some bubbles empty.
Did you think about cross-posting your Medium article here? I believe it’s a very serious question as to when voting does more harm than good, and it seems like this would be the kind rationalist/EA types would be interested in the answer, and there seems to be an unwillingness to discuss it. (I would take the bit about the Kennedy assassination out).
The harms described in these articles mostly arise from politicization associated with voting rather than from the act of voting itself. If you focused on that politicization, without asking people to give up their direct influence on which candidates were elected, I think there’d be much less unwillingness to discuss.
No need to stop at not voting for people. Voting in general fuels the madness. Please stop voting: You’re just making things worse.
Your Medium article is really excellent—of course, I’ve recently become biased. Up until now, I’m someone who voted religiously in every election. I think this November will be the first time I’ll leave some bubbles empty.
Did you think about cross-posting your Medium article here? I believe it’s a very serious question as to when voting does more harm than good, and it seems like this would be the kind rationalist/EA types would be interested in the answer, and there seems to be an unwillingness to discuss it. (I would take the bit about the Kennedy assassination out).
The harms described in these articles mostly arise from politicization associated with voting rather than from the act of voting itself. If you focused on that politicization, without asking people to give up their direct influence on which candidates were elected, I think there’d be much less unwillingness to discuss.