As has been demonstrated by the overwhelming majority of governments there is a need to protect the rights of people 20, 30, 100 years from now who currently don't have a say. Governments today form policy based on the perceived needs of the current voters. I propose that Youth ...
As has been demonstrated by the overwhelming majority of governments there is a need to protect the rights of people 20, 30, 100 years from now who currently don't have a say. Governments today form policy based on the perceived needs of the current voters. I propose that Youth and Education be ammended to include "Future Generations." The purpose of this is so that there is someone who is responsible for preventing policies that will negatively impact people who haven't been born yet and protect their rights. More importantly, they would also be responsible for creating positive change for future generations, which appears to be an overall goal of Asgardia.
What do you think?
Kenneth Arrow discussed the statistics problems with making decisions based on the welfare of future generations. Essentially it is a violation of the independence of irrelevant alternatives. It also seems to be a prisoners dilemma, so even a strong and self-sustaining contract might not protect against breaking the promise ...
Kenneth Arrow discussed the statistics problems with making decisions based on the welfare of future generations. Essentially it is a violation of the independence of irrelevant alternatives. It also seems to be a prisoners dilemma, so even a strong and self-sustaining contract might not protect against breaking the promise to future generations for three reasons: the temptation to compete is greater than the reward for cooperation (t>r), the difference between the temptation to compete and the reward for cooperation is less than the difference between the punishment for competition and the suckers payoff (t-r