[Theforum] Re: decisions (was: A vote)

[Martin]

Warden, Matt wrote on 30/10/01 1:14 am

>If the person truly knows what's best for evolt, it doesn't matter, don't
>you think? 

Same question - how do you decide who truly knows?

>if 500 people decide or 1 is irrelevent if the decision is
>what's best for evolt. 

With more people, you get fewer perverse decisions as the
outcome is less impacted by noise. Plus of course, the
collective wisdom and experience of more people will
help, and if you want to get those 500 people to participate
in whatever you've decided, implementing their consensus
is always going to help, whereas ignoring it will leave you
open to all kinds of accusations.

Particularly if the decision isn't all that important because
then the rule really does seem arbitrary.

Loads more of this stuff in Tom Paine - good republican
theory and practise.

>>>Quicker decisions too.
>>
>>But less open ones.
>
>Yup, that's the tradeoff.

Absolutely.

Of course, it's *possible* to screw up both - witness a
recent Presidential election.

Cheers
Martin

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