wyattgagar » May 19th, 2017, 12:25 pm wrote: So I got to thinking, what if the government was based off of a networked computer program where everyone could vote about whatever they wanted to vote about? In order to vote about a particular subject you would be required to read an article or watch an iformational video about the subject. Anyone could post an idea about whatever they like and other people could vote on the subject.
The question is, what happens next?
Seems to me, a single article and video will make nobody an expert on such matters as intercontinental transportation or deep sea diving. That's one problem: simple responses to complex problems rarely produce good results.
The second problem is: in a precisely co-ordinated system of resource management, energy generation, production and distribution, piecemeal voting on local or momentary issues might easily disrupt the entire operation.
On the other hand, there is no reason to assume that the Venus model would preclude cultural and social development in each community. There is no reason you can't get together with as many of your co-habitants as you like to organize whatever activities you like, or rearrange your living-space, or whatever seems to need change - just so long as you're not pissing in anybody's water supply.
I also don't see any reason why, if the people are dissatisfied with some aspect of how things are run, they can't input complaints, ideas and suggestions - informally, any time, without calling it a vote. If enough [critical mass to be determined by population size] citizens objected to something or desired a change, the computer would consider the matter, calculate the cost and effect of making the desired change, then work out the most efficient and least disruptive method of achieving it. That's like democracy, only without the waste and corruption. Also without the hoopla and emotional turmoil, but you can't have everything!