The biggest issue is there is literally no economic incentive for giving accurate information. What the fuck are you supposed to do about that
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@RustyCrab the market/distributed solution is the old boomer idea that more trustworthy sources will be elevated by the rational choice of the market, but that doesn't really work out in practice because many people prefer bias-strengthening over bias-challenging, which means the market can't really make a rational decision here because people are not rational about it in aggregate
the supply-side solution is regulation, but that's subject to corruption as well for similar reasons to the above
the only other solution is the moral one, which requires moral homogeneity (or at least an overwhelming supermajority). That either takes a period of brutal strife, a protracted national conversion, or something miraculous
I opt for the third one, personally, accepting the long time-frame as a given
the supply-side solution is regulation, but that's subject to corruption as well for similar reasons to the above
the only other solution is the moral one, which requires moral homogeneity (or at least an overwhelming supermajority). That either takes a period of brutal strife, a protracted national conversion, or something miraculous
I opt for the third one, personally, accepting the long time-frame as a given
@binkle i'm trying to think of an existing system where truth is incentivized and it's difficult for me to even imagine something like that. The only situation I can think of is some hypothetical BDFL.
@RustyCrab @binkle the only way it could be incentivized is if lying were a punishable offense as a whole
and that i think a lot of us were conditioned to believe is bad cuz 1984 or fahrenheit something idk
and that i think a lot of us were conditioned to believe is bad cuz 1984 or fahrenheit something idk
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