[FRIAM] Curmudgeons Unite!

[thompnickson2 at gmail.com]

Down, White Fang!

I only meant that for we "citizens", a ballot has not been "counted" until
It has been passed among the hands of three octogenarians in the Town Hall
Of New Braintree Mass, and one has said, "one Biden" and the other has said
"one Biden" and the third has written it down, all while the Town Constable
slumbers in the corner.  I know that horse got out of the barn years ago,
but still, that's transparency where I come from.  Open source, open smorsh.


n

Nicholas Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
Clark University
ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of jon zingale
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2020 10:33 AM
To: friam at redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Curmudgeons Unite!

*My worry was that a voting system should not be mysterious*

Again, and hopefully for the last time on this post: I _do_ think this is
possible and I _am_ suggesting ideas that could be used as a starting point
(given that higher level wizards are prone to navel-gazing and collecting
social security). The continued use of *mystery* as an impossibility proof
remains infuriatingly inept. What I continue to hear from that perspective
is, "Let's all commit to the impossibility of knowing and just be done with
the enlightenment project already". The idea, for those that bother to read,
is to have a transparent and open-source development process. That some will
forever be illiterate is sad, but many many many will be capable of reading
the code. We already have the app, it is the USPS, so stop with the
impossibility proofs already.



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