Plurality philosophy in an incredibly oversized nutshell
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Plurality, the book
Plurality: the future of collaborative technology and democracy, co-authored by Glen Weyl and Audrey Tang, attempts to redesign 21st century collaboration while reconciling freedom and democracy.
Vitalik Buterin's field experience in crypto assets and governance led him to the realization that a mathematically optimal mechanism was not possible and the need to incorporate a variety of connections.
Define Plurality in one sentence?
A social philosophy that recognizes and fosters the flourishing and cooperation of diverse socio-cultural groups."
Four elements
1.megapolitics : advanced digital democracy that crosses the chasm between conflict and centralization. 2. atmosphere of plurality: do not forcibly extend the single model, but take ties between individuals as the main subject. 3. mechanism design: a mathematical technique in which "connections" as well as individuals are primary objects.
Practice in Taiwan: Tang's GovZero/vTaiwan is an example.
Megapolitics (Technocracy/Libertarianism/Purality)
Technocracy: AI + elites plan, tend to value efficiency over freedom. Plurality: Net democracy to aggregate broadband intentions and avoid bipolar failures.
Differences from Balaji's Network State
Balaji is "cultivating new communities externally".
Tang is a fast feedback loop that "forks and merges" into the administrative mainstream.
A World View."
Conventional economics assumes competition, perfect information, etc.
Multiple models need to be stitched together
Gödel's incompleteness, chaos theory, fractals, and other forms of complexity.
The "overlap of intermediate groups" rather than individuals creates individuality (Simmel). Differences from Libertarianism
Plurality also emphasizes "utilization
Building higher-order institutions that not only allow for diversity but also maximize mutual benefit.
Example: Allow users to combine message filters to protect fine-grained freedom to leave.
Difference from Democracy
Degressive proportional voting: highly correlated votes are discounted to √N.
Vision beyond the nation-state: Designed on the premise of transboundary public goods and digital citizenship.
Recommended Technology
Identity: multifactor identity by social relationship "intersection" rather than single biometrics.
Plural Money / Property: Harberger tax extension and community currency to combine partial common rights + public goods market.
Voting: Correlation-corrected voting and pair-wise QFs to reduce the over-impact of united votes.
Conversations: Extend Polis and Community Notes to extract cross-cluster consensus statements.
Post-symbolic & Immersive Tech: Aged experience VR and other sensory sharing to propagate understanding and empathy at high speed.
Positioning in contemporary ideology
While many movements are leaning toward issue specialization and leader dependence, Plurality reiterates the principles.
Triangle model: of principle, task, and leader, coordination in principle is the most scalable.
Compatibility with Exponential Future
Public Goods Funding + Limited Ownership does not combine technology hyper-acceleration and widening inequality.
Compatibility with Excellence / Expertise
Prediction market + Plural assistance to ensure diversity while selecting "superior knowledge".
Candidate Applications
1. SNS: Community Notes x Forecast market for misinformation measures.
2. user protection software: decentralized filter market.
3. blockchain public goods: subsidize coordination between L2 competitors.
4. network states/pop-up cities: internal governance and external coordination.
5. public broadcasting: Decentralized funding allocation to reduce bias.
6. local public goods: Experiment in high-density knowledge communities such as university towns.
summary
Plurality is "the reconstruction of freedom + democracy with connection as the primary object.
It is a comprehensive framework that avoids single-model worship and combines technology and institutions to simultaneously avoid conflict, power concentration, and stagnation.
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"Plurality philosophy in an incredibly oversized nutshell" by vitalik Buterin
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