Our Objective Functions
In case you are curious: Our personal objective functions are to increase the efficacy of humanity’s collective mental substrate—that is, to encourage as many minds as possible to be (1) open enough to new ideas so they can test them against existing ideas, and (2) logical enough to let the best ideas win. To do our part in creating a world in which the best ideas win, we see our first big challenge being the creation of a world in which people are willing to consider ideas that conflict with their existing worldviews in a serious and thoughtful manner and creating venues where such conversations can be had.
The Pragmatist’s
Guide to Governance
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From high school cliques to boards, family offices, and nations: A guide to optimizing governance models
By Simone & Malcolm Collins
Copyright © 2022
Omniscion Press
Simone & Malcolm Collins
All rights reserved.
As Critical as Communication 3
Human Dominance Hierarchies 27
How Dominance Hierarchies Work 30
Dominance in Broader Society 46
Why Are We Talking About This? 49
Gender Differences in Dominance Hierarchies 53
Cultural Differences in Dominance Hierarchies 58
How Personal Social Rank Changes Behavior 61
Self-Image Reinforcement and Leadership 63
Cancer and Institutional Immune Systems 68
Structuring How We Think About Governance 74
Important Governing Features 82
Interaction With Other Units 83
Big Brother, Little Brother, and Phantom Brother 87
The Case of Mao’s Great Leap Forward 91
The Case of Modern Academia 93
Judging the Quality of a Government 99
The Square Cube Law of Governance 109
The Bleed Amelioration Problem 112
How to Optimally Approach Large Governing Body Design 114
The Outdated Debate: Socialism vs. Capitalism 119
Automation vs. Power to the People 122
The Real Difference Between Progressives and Conservatives 126
The Power Consolidation Problem 134
The Centrally Managed Economy Problem 143
Can These Hazards Be Addressed With Tech? 149
Unfettered Capitalism = Communism 150
Revolutions: A Predictive Model 154
Winning the Online Culture War 158
Starship Troopers and Contributor Voting Systems 171
Flat vs. Proportional Voting Systems 183
How Votes are Collected and Counted 193
The Heritability of Political Affiliation 213
Pre-Vetting & Self-Vetting Systems 225
Translating Stakeholder Will into Action 244
Capturing Institutional Knowledge 247
Decider Group Size, Composition, and Interaction Pattern 254
A Weird Use Case for Futures Markets 258
The Pyramid vs. The Chinese Room 260
Centralization vs. Decentralization 271
Flat Organizational Structures 273
Fighting Inequality with Governance 290
Discrimination in Summation 310
Preventing Bias in Education 311
Reducing Bias in Content Moderation 314
Bribery, Lobbying, and Burn 324
4Chan and Anonymity Effects 331
Titles, Privileges, and Perception 333
Public Broadcasting and Education 335
Government Participation as a PR Mechanism 337
Noocracies and Technocracies 338
Crafting the Perfect Government 342
Why do we need better governance structures? 342
Designing a Governance Bomb 350
A Governance Bomb Demonstration 352
Voting Power and Influence 357
Informational Echo Chambers 370
Informational Filters on Those Given Power 371
Governing Model Inefficiencies 377