alt Hacker NewsDo you really think the law isn't already horribly abused? Democratization of law has been needed for a thousand years.
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xwkd • yesterday at 9:38 PM
Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but isn’t that what legislators do?
Do you really think the law isn't already horribly abused? Democratization of law has been needed for a thousand years.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but isn’t that what legislators do?
Now there will be even less friction to horribly abuse the law. To democratize the law we would need to move in the opposite direction - to always keep it simple and aligned with our intuitions. The more intricate and complex legal arguments become, the more abstracted they are from their original purpose and spirit.
Hence the crypto analogy - it was also supposed to "democratize", but the opposite happaned - it only further empowered the most powerful. Imagine legal case so purposefully complex that only those with access to best models have chances to participate and win the dispute.