An unstable world

 I just saw a DW documentary about how elections are  influenced by targeting campaigning, Cambridge Analytical style.

https://youtu.be/hzv7gCBHglg

What can be done?

Nazi had radio, communists had the press, new extremist have internet. It seems that any telecommunication innovation ushers in the extremists.

A system to be stable had to have friction within, as a car who has to be drivable must have breaks.

Crisis in our world are caused by lack of friction, anyone can buy and sell tonnes of wheat in same day without even see them, or trade mortgages from persons he doesn't know. 

A scammer can send billions of mails to catch the gullible. 

PR firms have access to our data, and can misinform us 

Once friction/ cost is introduced to these activities, they are no longer profitable, 

if wheat speculant has to load tonnes of wheat, he will give up, if the scammer has to file tausand of physical letters he will give up. If the propagandist had to manually collect data, he will give up too 

The problem is to define the friction, how to introduce it and not hinder development, and who should introduce it. A state censorship is a friction but not a desired one.

Institutions can be made with more friction 

Sell the wheat that you own or not trade it too often.

Cast the vote by hand and not electronically.

Protect you online data and don't like anything.

These are the few ideas that sprung from my mind 

Trudeau's black face

 At last Canadian elections, opposition dug some photos with Trudeau's disguised as a black person at a party, long time ago,when he was a student.

Either Trudeau is woke and the blackface was a silly party disguise and he shouldn't apologize, either is a racist, he meant the black face, and he pretends to be woke for gaining political points, then he should apologize.

But Trudeau apologize has other meaning:

You should always be judged out of context:

It doesn't matter that it was 20 yr ago at a costume party, your black face must be punished.

It is the blind inhumane justice of inspector Javert, from book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, who chases poor Jean Valjean for stealing a bread because of hunger.

The 19 century liberals were for personal rights, a fair trial with a lawyer to defend you and  your accusation put in context, not for mob lynching. 

In 21 century the term liberal was highjacked by a crypto Bolshevik mob