Accountability arenas

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Overview

Civilization currently has four (possibly five) major official arenas in which issues are ultimately resolved by dialogue and disputation.

• science
• markets
• democracy
• the court system
• the internet (newly emerging)

New Tools

The invention and rapid spread of computers, as well as the extremely rapid development of new software, is causing new computer/internet-based tools to arise on a scale measurable in years or months.

• wikis are generally useful for documenting or discussing any complex area of understanding
• Honest Argument allows arguments to be broken down in a hierarchical (tree) view showing how points and sub-points, supporting and contradicting arguments, all relate to each other.

Sources

• Disputation Arenas by David Brin

Notes

How does "public opinion", as arrived at by discussion between individuals (and informed, perhaps unfortunately, by popular media) fit into this?