timtyler comments on Hacking the CEV for Fun and Profit - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 04 June 2010 12:24:53AM *  0 points [-]

It sounds as though it has much the same problems - most obviously difficulty of implementation.

Technology has historically been used to give those in power what they want. Are those in power likely to promote a system that fails to assign their aims privilidged status? Probably not, IMO. There's democracy - but that still leaves lots of room for lobbying.