Marcus wrote:
? Perhaps the talk about saving democracy can be put away for now? I am sure tired of hearing it. If Trump wins the popular vote, especially.
the ole "tyranny of the majority over the minority" with the twist that our voter participation is still tragically low, no matter how seemingly high the stakes? I've been bashing around for predictions on the popular vote and whether it ballooned like it did in 2020 but not finding it. The aether is filled with *other* chaff?
We have been playing a near-balanced bimodal distribution in our "populist sentiments" and party affiliations for a very long time... maybe it is a key feature of the dynamics of a system such as ours. Is it possibly more interesting if not more stable with systems that encourage/allow multiple parties/factions more better? Not clear, maybe just a false alternative? Gotta revisit "3 body system"...
Folks here who are more deeply steeped in Anthropology, Ethnology, Game Theory, Dynamical Systems, EcoBiology, Evolutionary Theory, etc. might be able to ideate more concisely and meaningfully than I on what a "better" system than Democracy might be?
My instincts are to look deep into the "wisdom" of deeply evolved biological systems (maybe best at the scale of ecosystems, probably global scale?)... but my skills (at least discipline) are sadly lacking to do more than scuff the surface.
Maybe ML/AI are in fact the substrate for much faster evolution, frothing with fecundity on top of the Compost that is the human record of expression (storytelling through Language, Imagery, yet more?).
Back to the "rage and grief" - Steve
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