That’s a long read and I’ll get to it later as I can’t help myself I am watching the game. I was born and raised in Philadelphia and I got sucked in today. Looks very interesting and I wanna take the deep dive and give it my full attention.
No rush, this is part of the governance framework I've been developing. I'm dropping something else in about an hour that's probably much more worthy of immediate attention—albeit it is also a bit long, though not nearly as long as this one.
This is part 3/3 of the core of USOS—the Unified Societal Operating System (the framework)—not including historical analysis and governance implications, neither of which have been released yet—together with the 2 other core parts, it's a little over 100 pages. So, definitely no rush in reading it unless you really want to get a good idea of where all of my ideas come from
I believe I might cover this further in the Theory of Power doc. Or maybe I hallucinated having covered it (highly possible). Though thinking about it, I certainly have not explained in one place how the Oversight Pillar and the Independent Knowledge Infrastructure are supposed to operate together.
The key idea is to create a sort of triangle that separates oversight power across different actors with different purposes. Importantly, the key role of the Oversight pillar is to “shed light” on behalf of the people. It goes like this:
The Oversight Pillar has maximum power to gather data on behalf of the people, i.e., it can check what any other pillar is doing, what any government agency is doing, and provide, where prudence allows, a transparent means for the people to see what their government is doing. Imagine FOIA, but on steroids: data dashboards that are easily accessible, easy to understand, on what the government is doing. What are taxes being spent on? What projects are the government running? What’s the progress status on different projects? etc. And to some degree, it does the same to collect data on some private entities. How much carbon did corporation X emit last year? How much did corporation Y donate to political campaigns in the last cycle? How much did candidate Z take in donations and from whom? etc.
That’s one half of the Oversight pillar. The second half is to collect feedback from the people and get that information to the respective place where it belongs. Imagine a website with thousands of different polls on different things and you can go in and submit your “feedback” and that information gets accumulated and sent to the place responsive. Meanwhile you can see public opinion on all kinds of different issues, over time, and you can see whether or not the related agencies are acting to resolve whatever problems arise. So, in essence the Oversight pillar gives you the transparency and the interface to communicate directly with the government about issues you experience.
So, next you have the Independent Knowledge Infrastructure which I do go in detail in the Theory of Power doc, so I won’t go into too much detail here. Their key role is to act as an independent body that can take the data surfaced by the Oversight Pillar and interpret/advise the public on that data using their expert knowledge. So, together, as the public, you now have maximal transparency on what the government is doing, and a clear understanding of what the data says (the IKI is independent and only responsive to the people).
And then you have the tip of the triangle, which is “the people”, who, with the information from the Oversight Pillar and insights from the IKI should be the ones who deliver ultimate accountability via the democratic process.
Neat! I guess I had difficulty visualizing it, but then I realized that the Oversight Pillar existed more in an advisory/information collecting capacity.
No, this one is right, though I can see how the sentence construction reads kind of poorly. What is meant here is a comparison to the Democracy pillar in terms of purpose. By “Justice operationalizes justice” the first refers to the pillar itself, the Justice pillar, and the second refers to the justice system/idea of justice throughout society.
So, for instance, this pillar would provide guidance/incentive to move the DOJ to focus more on rehabilitation rather than punishment, among other things, rather than leaving to chance or interest group lobbying. Sorry for the confusion.
"Institutional Accountability: Strong mechanisms ensure that institutions operate transparently, fostering a culture of trust and engagement." should have its own bullet point.
That’s a long read and I’ll get to it later as I can’t help myself I am watching the game. I was born and raised in Philadelphia and I got sucked in today. Looks very interesting and I wanna take the deep dive and give it my full attention.
No rush, this is part of the governance framework I've been developing. I'm dropping something else in about an hour that's probably much more worthy of immediate attention—albeit it is also a bit long, though not nearly as long as this one.
This is part 3/3 of the core of USOS—the Unified Societal Operating System (the framework)—not including historical analysis and governance implications, neither of which have been released yet—together with the 2 other core parts, it's a little over 100 pages. So, definitely no rush in reading it unless you really want to get a good idea of where all of my ideas come from
Finally got through it! Brilliant!
"Unlike other pillars, the Oversight Pillar does not implement policies or enforce regulations." Expand on that a little bit please.
I believe I might cover this further in the Theory of Power doc. Or maybe I hallucinated having covered it (highly possible). Though thinking about it, I certainly have not explained in one place how the Oversight Pillar and the Independent Knowledge Infrastructure are supposed to operate together.
The key idea is to create a sort of triangle that separates oversight power across different actors with different purposes. Importantly, the key role of the Oversight pillar is to “shed light” on behalf of the people. It goes like this:
The Oversight Pillar has maximum power to gather data on behalf of the people, i.e., it can check what any other pillar is doing, what any government agency is doing, and provide, where prudence allows, a transparent means for the people to see what their government is doing. Imagine FOIA, but on steroids: data dashboards that are easily accessible, easy to understand, on what the government is doing. What are taxes being spent on? What projects are the government running? What’s the progress status on different projects? etc. And to some degree, it does the same to collect data on some private entities. How much carbon did corporation X emit last year? How much did corporation Y donate to political campaigns in the last cycle? How much did candidate Z take in donations and from whom? etc.
That’s one half of the Oversight pillar. The second half is to collect feedback from the people and get that information to the respective place where it belongs. Imagine a website with thousands of different polls on different things and you can go in and submit your “feedback” and that information gets accumulated and sent to the place responsive. Meanwhile you can see public opinion on all kinds of different issues, over time, and you can see whether or not the related agencies are acting to resolve whatever problems arise. So, in essence the Oversight pillar gives you the transparency and the interface to communicate directly with the government about issues you experience.
So, next you have the Independent Knowledge Infrastructure which I do go in detail in the Theory of Power doc, so I won’t go into too much detail here. Their key role is to act as an independent body that can take the data surfaced by the Oversight Pillar and interpret/advise the public on that data using their expert knowledge. So, together, as the public, you now have maximal transparency on what the government is doing, and a clear understanding of what the data says (the IKI is independent and only responsive to the people).
And then you have the tip of the triangle, which is “the people”, who, with the information from the Oversight Pillar and insights from the IKI should be the ones who deliver ultimate accountability via the democratic process.
Neat! I guess I had difficulty visualizing it, but then I realized that the Oversight Pillar existed more in an advisory/information collecting capacity.
"Justice operationalizes justice through equitable governance and enforcement mechanisms." Shouldn't that be "justice operationalizes democracy"?
No, this one is right, though I can see how the sentence construction reads kind of poorly. What is meant here is a comparison to the Democracy pillar in terms of purpose. By “Justice operationalizes justice” the first refers to the pillar itself, the Justice pillar, and the second refers to the justice system/idea of justice throughout society.
So, for instance, this pillar would provide guidance/incentive to move the DOJ to focus more on rehabilitation rather than punishment, among other things, rather than leaving to chance or interest group lobbying. Sorry for the confusion.
"Institutional Accountability: Strong mechanisms ensure that institutions operate transparently, fostering a culture of trust and engagement." should have its own bullet point.
Good catch. Fixed! Thanks.
"Scope
Education encompasses systems and opportunities across three dimensions:" Shouldn't that be four domains?
Aha! Nice catch. I must've thought of parental support after I had already thought of the first three, then never went back to set it to four.