The Dissensus Protocol

[sufi]

The Dissensus Protocol: Governing Differences in Online Peer Communities

Peer-to-peer networks and protocols have inspired new ideas and ideologies about governance, with the aim of using technology to enable horizontal and decentralized decision-making at scale. This article introduces the concept of “dissensus” from political theory to debates about peer governance...

www.frontiersin.org

👍 great job @version

 

[Clinamenic]

In the realm of governance and consensus mechanism design, incompatible dissensus is usually regarded as grounds for a "network fork", or for the whole body of voters to split into two groups, in which consensus is more easily reached. Building a system around dissensus, however, could make for some interesting pluralistic arrangements.

 

[sufi]

In the realm of governance and consensus mechanism design, incompatible dissensus is usually regarded as grounds for a "network fork", or for the whole body of voters to split into two groups, in which consensus is more easily reached. Building a system around dissensus, however, could make for some interesting pluralistic arrangements.

in this context the "fork" is an exact transposition of tech vocab & practice onto human social reality = fork the meatwares
(not that i have read the paper tbh)

 

[mixed_biscuits]

In the realm of governance and consensus mechanism design, incompatible dissensus is usually regarded as grounds for a "network fork", or for the whole body of voters to split into two groups, in which consensus is more easily reached. Building a system around dissensus, however, could make for some interesting pluralistic arrangements.

You regard Brexit as an opportunity...

 

[Clinamenic]

You regard Brexit as an opportunity...

Brexit? I hardly know it!