Vaniver comments on Histocracy: Open, Effective Group Decision-Making With Weighted Voting - Less Wrong

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Comment author: HonoreDB 18 January 2012 12:08:54AM 2 points [-]

If the organization is risk-averse, it doesn't want risk-neutral voters to gain influence. If it's risk-neutral, then it should incorporate opportunity costs when judging projects in hindsight. Furthermore, if in hindsight a rejected project still appears to have had a high positive EV, the org should register the rejection of the project as a mistake.

Comment author: Vaniver 18 January 2012 01:39:25AM 2 points [-]

Furthermore, if in hindsight a rejected project still appears to have had a high positive EV, the org should register the rejection of the project as a mistake.

This misses the heart of that criticism: mistakes have different magnitudes.