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Created page with "Some of the premises underlying this project: * Current democratic processes are badly broken. * Advances in technology make it possible to design much better democratic proce..."

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Some of the premises underlying this project:
* Current democratic processes are badly broken.
* Advances in technology make it possible to design much better democratic processes.
* This is something which needs to be initiated at the grassroots level, and can be initiated by individual coders (working alone or together).
** New processes need to be tested with small groups before they are used at a scale with large potential losses.
* Having accurate information about the trustworthiness of other individuals is a key element to creating any kind of systemic change that doesn't just trade one form of disempowerment for another.
* The best way for any given individual to get this information is to consult their (existing) friends.
** These are the people you've ''already decided'' to trust, whose actions and expressions feel right and consistent with the idea that they care.
==Objections==
* '''Q: [[P2P reputation]] be gamed for espionage'''
** A: The question is not whether it cannot be gamed at all; the question is whether it is less vulnerable to gaming than existing systems.
** A: The systems discussed here are not aimed at keeping secrets, but at enabling wise consensus-building among large numbers of people.
*** It can ''support'' subsystems that are aimed at secrecy and privacy.
* '''Q: There are already organizations dedicated to helping people.'''
** A: There are many, many people who still need help (and this number appears to be growing). We need solutions that can be generalized and/or replicated.

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