The main features of the decentralized and intelligent decision-making system

Warning

Just as one does not judge the quality of a film by its last two minutes or the validity of a theorem by its final deduction, you will likely only create the illusion of judgment if you have not understood what leads to these characteristics.

Main Features

Basic Principles

Sole Law: The long-term common good

The meaning of "common" corresponds to that of the group using the system. At the planetary level, this would be humanity.

Faithfully bring the global to the local

Thus, the consequences of our actions concerning the common good must reflect the long-term common good as much as possible. This implies many consequences, such as adjusting the consequences based on knowledge or ensuring that any positive action is rewarded even if it contravenes the norms.

Implementation of these Principles

Representation of Reality

In essence, this is a "truth" of the collective mind. This can be used to store:

a scientific theory

A scientific theory is a representation of reality. For example, the theory of general relativity.

a plan of action

A plan of action is a representation of reality in the form "If we do this, then this will be positive for the long-term common good. Here is the proof, etc.".

a norm

A norm is a representation of reality in the form "If people act this way, it is better for the long-term common good. Here is the proof, etc.". For example, "If people who litter public spaces are required to clean up, etc.".
A norm is the equivalent of our laws, except that the long-term common good prevails over it and that anyone can create, destroy, or modify a norm by proving that it would be more beneficial for the long-term common good.

Truth Level

Stored representations do not need to be validated to be stored; they can be unfinished versions or false theories. It is the level of truth that gives weight to a representation. This is acquired through two methods: the observance of more abstract representations (for example, a mathematical truth derived from following the rules of deduction) or by confrontation with reality: using the representation leads to successes, and failures are not attributable to it.

Collective Emotion

Collective emotion is what triggers or blocks actions. These are instantaneous. Citizens have more or less emotional capacity depending on the success (with respect to the long-term common good) of their past emotional investments. Rules are in place to reflect the long-term common good, for example, by detecting and valuing precursors.