Neural-Democracy

Utilitarianism states that a government should do the greatest “good” for the greatest number of its governed, while democracies operate as a form of dialogue at a societal level. For eons, a natural, “pure democracy” has always functioned well in the form of limited-sized clusters of informed participants. For example, ancient human tribes or primate troops, rather than take an “official” vote on where they should search for food, simply allowed the wisdom of the crowd to direct their path. Like flocking birds, everyone either chose to follow the group or strike out foraging on their own. Individually, each member expresses the “good” of their freedom of choice, and food ends up eaten, one way or another.

Attempting a systematic, large-scale democracy has historically led to the very downfall of this desired “good.” The founders of the United States understandably could not see a way to scale this pure form of democracy to a national level, replacing the natural ideal of “direct democracy”– like the individual choices early humans displayed– with their own “representative democracy”– where one speaks for the wants of many. Back then, tallying everyone’s vote was impractical, as there’s never been a physical location large enough to house an entire country in dialogue. Today, however, there is such a place where everyone can speak and be heard– the Internet. Technology makes a direct democracy not only possible, but obligatory.

Like the plasticity of the brain– designed to remake itself anew with every action– our “neural-democracy,” too, constantly develops through its daily practice. It’s self-guiding, self-driving– there’s no final arbiter, no absolute authority standing on-high. Our neural-democracy is always subject to change through an embedded process of voter-regulated updates. Instead of a shadow oligarchy, corrupt Supreme Court, or unpopular President with veto power, there’s only the People’s voice, expressed through our unique system, a system that employs a number of consequential innovations. Not only do we have the ability to self-correct through direct input from the electorate, but we’ve introduced all kinds of new variables defined by the governed– how lasting a decision should be before it can be altered, or how proximity to an issue should influence how a member’s preference is counted. Just as the Internet develops with its userbase, neural-democracy’s effectiveness is derived from maximizing participation– the forging pressure perpetually evolving our unique form of governance.

While we touch on the following concepts in general, NUC’s Voting Guide details the operations of our neural-democracy.

First, read our philosophy to better understand our Creed.