I have had an academic interest in using assurance contracts in the social domain for a few years now. Like the author, I want them to be a reality but making that happen isn't my forté. My profession is research, not implementation.
When we import this mechanism into the social domain, an assurance contract is an agreement something like an open letter—with the exception that th... (read more)
I have had an academic interest in using assurance contracts in the social domain for a few years now. Like the author, I want them to be a reality but making that happen isn't my forté. My profession is research, not implementation.
I've written a few overviews of the idea for grants before. Here's one: https://cashman.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Assurance_description_v11.pdf
The basic idea is this:
When we import this mechanism into the social domain, an assurance contract is an agreement something like an open letter—with the exception that th... (read more)