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« Last post by Spartacus on September 19, 2019, 02:43:22 PM »
Okay, my comments. First off let me say that I find this whole pirate theme kind of hokey and stupid. I don't mean to be insulting with that statement, that's just my opinion. I'd much rather simply discuss philosophy and practicality without the cartoon characters.
That said, the last sentence in your piece is a contradiction in terms as I think I may have already pointed out. If there is an immutable database of everyone's mistakes and foibles, good deeds and heroics, then it will be available to all and sundry at some point as the ability to see inside of the minds of others is an impossibility, at least at present, and if we had that capability then this database of individuals proclivities would be redundant. The idea of a con(fidence) game is based upon the ability of some to fool and take advantage of others. Any reputation system which attempts to retain privacy will fail due to those con artists who can game the system and trust of others in order to gain personal advantage, and once that former private information has been breached there will be no putting it back in the bottle.
As has been said, the only antidote to bad speech is more speech. All must be open to all and unfortunately that means the sociopaths in power will have access as well. Of course that also means that we'll be privy to the attempted secrets of said sociopaths as well, the better to inform our choices and decisions.
Trust must therefore be an individual responsibility and that means that the gullible, lazy and mentally inferior are likely to be taken advantage of. What's the other option, a priesthood of specialists? We know where that goes, the sociopaths will rule the roost as is the current reality.
As I see it the only choice is greater availability of information from which we must all individually take responsibility for deciding our own sense of trust. And we will fail at times. That's the only way anyone ever learns anything. As has been said, "Utopia is not an option."
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