Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "TED" channel.

  1. Wes : How is it removing debate? Would you give up debating, merely because this system exists? Obviously, your settings would include the issues you care about not being automated, so you would think and decide. What you have now is precisely what you fear. A few politicians are automatically deciding literally thousands of Bills each year, based upon partisan bias and loyalties, for which you have set your machine to, “Automatic,” by voting them in and leaving it at that, for the next four years. Seems to me, a lot of you haven’t thought this through?
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  2. Muck Runamucker : Well put. Are people’s prejudices and biases even a thing that a Democratic Voter System should have to address anyway? It’s a bit like proposing to open a Restaurant, and then someone says, “Yeah, but it doesn’t solve the problem of obesity.” It’s not up to the restaurant owners to solve your health problems. They are there to provide you with a quality service, and not responsible for the poor life-choices you make, right?
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  3. Alexey : Of course there is, but, “the world,” will lose it’s democracy, now. Democracy is an obstacle to all dictatorships and a direct target. You think any remaining democracies will be able to withstand the United efforts of China, Russia, America, the wealthy Saudis, the mirror image of America that is Israel, etc, etc, etc? Europe, with its rise in extreme right wing populism? Australia? If you don’t hear the alarm bells ringing, it’s because you’re not listening. Democracy is in Global Collapse, now. And, it won’t feel quite so, “abstract,” when a dictatorship comes knocking on your front door. Sorry . . .
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  4. By George! I think this kid may be on to something BIG here? I would be willing to try out that system 👍
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  5. seven : Were you listening? It does not solve a LOT of problems. But it could. How would you make it work? Besides, there are some problems that it should not even be a part of any solution for. That includes what people think
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  6. seven : Because, today’s politicians are SO much more reliable, ethical and wise, when it comes to protecting our interests than we are? I’ll take my chances with the unwashed masses, thanks. But, yet again, I’m forced to ask; were you listening? The politicians would still be there, coming up with the legislation, and presenting it to us to vote on. Outlawing vaccination is a hyperbole that would never occur, any more than the death penalty for littering. I think you were thinking about the time when people wanted the right to opt out of MMR vaccinations, NOT, “outlaw,” them. It doesn’t have to be a Doomsday Machine, just because it uses mass opinions? It could be a way to reign in a power that is currently out of control and in the wrong hands?
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  7. seven : I genuinely think you have misunderstood what the idea is. A lot of people here have grabbed the Big Brother ball and run with it, failing to see that it’s the opposite of that. We already have ALL of the negative consequences of, “social engineering,” “engineered consent,” “manipulation,” etc. But, you guys are all saying, “The invention of the wheel will not stop people from using their hammers to keep putting in all these unwanted nails.” Don’t you get it? It’s NOT FOR that. The hammer already exists and won’t go away, and the wheel is irrelevant. For those who are frightened by informed choices and an increase in Democracy, I can see why they would fear this. For those who know that the majority would make choices to end practices which, so far, have been protected by influential minorities, I can see why they would be dead set against such a thing. But, if you’re against it, AT LEAST GRASP what it is that you oppose? If your argument does not even address the issue, it will be ignored anyway, and happen with or without your consent. Why, in a, “democracy,” would anyone oppose a system that increases the ability for people to influence political decisions? Give me one good reason? Big Brother could NOT do any more harm than he already does to the system, because it’s NOT a Big Brother issue
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  8. Top Pay Position : Not if you bring an irrelevant, “problem,” to the wrong forum, right? People here seem to think they should be asking a doctor to fix their car, instead of going to a mechanic? I would love it if someone could explain to me just HOW this, “solution,” has the least thing to do with Big Brother, or social engineering?
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  9. AN OUTLAW INLAW : What is, “The engineering of consent,” in this context? That happens anyway, regardless. People come to social media, like this one, for that very purpose, and the issue will not change one bit. No one here seems to understand, or have thought through, what this is?
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  10. Gambu : Your comment could be read as both for and against the proposal, as you did not address it to anyone in particular. But, keep in mind, what you seem to be against, the, “sifting of brainwashing,” is precisely what exists now. Vote once (twice if you count the Midterms?) for one person, every four years, who gets to choose how to vote on over 6,000 Bills, or go and play golf instead. That’s what you have NOW. The equivalent of having the app and setting it to, “automatic,” on everything, without even loading in your preferences. How would adding to your influence be a, “bad,” thing?
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  11. Gambu : Look. Try to think of it as a valve. The traffic only goes ONE way. You do NOT get adverts, social media or ANYTHING coming IN to this system. Only your OUTPUT. Your internet habits and usage are your own, and there is no reason to imagine they would be in ANY WAY effected by the installation of this app. YOU tell IT what to bring to your attention, in terms of what is being voted on. YOU tell IT, what your personal preferences are, OR NOT. It’s entirely INSIDE YOUR CONTROL, just like the INSIDE OF YOUR HEAD. You VOTE of issues that you WANT to vote on. You read the Bills, OR NOT, and you get it to, “Auto-Vote,” on issues, IF you WANT IT TO, and can access EVERYTHING in that record, and CHANGE the settings, if you find yourself having voted on something you didn’t want to. HOW is it going to, “influence,” YOU, when the whole MEANING OF ITS EXISTENCE is for YOU TO INFLUENCE IT? Your phone has literally got more power over you, RIGHT NOW, than it could ever have. Even if you NEVER allow it to, “Auto-Vote,” (which would probably be my setting) it would still have value, even if you only ever used it once in four years. Do you get the concept? Or, am I the only one who understood the lecture?
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  12. Mitchell Austin : Why are NONE of you thinking through your responses? WTF is WRONG with you all? How many voting age people in the US? 200,000,000? With over 6,000 pieces of legislation to vote on, each YEAR? At, $1 per person, per vote, comes to more money than GOD has! In ONE YEAR! Unworkable. THINK! Plus, you can outlaw bribes. A recorded system would not be so easy to scam as buying people bears for voting. Think, man!
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  13. Alexey : Too late. America has one, now. The IRS just confirmed it, rendering this entire discussion mute. Sorry
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  14. Bob Rolander : How, exactly? Was that just your triggered paranoia speaking?
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  15. The Ukrainians went through the Holodomor (sorry if I spelled that wrong) and have been a modern democracy, fighting to rid themselves of Russian corruption and missiles and invasion. Interestingly, Ukraine was prompt to offer support to Israel. So, it’s wrong to suggest that no one knows what it’s like for Israel right now.
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