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'''By disclosing non-editable transactional data from the inception of political or business organisations, new organisations become more trustworthy and efficient.''' | '''By disclosing non-editable transactional data from the inception of political or business organisations, new organisations become more trustworthy and efficient.''' | ||
To show you how this works, | To show you how this works, here's a quick thought experiment... Imagine you were given a ring which makes you invisible much like Frodo in the Lord of the Rings. ''What would you do?'' Would you anonymously rob a bank or help a homeless person? It's argued by Plato (where Tolkien got the original idea of LOTR from!) in one of his stories called ''[[The Ring of Gyges]]'' that the majority of people would rob the bank<ref>'''Plato's Republic''' - Laird, A. (2001). "Ringing the Changes on Gyges: Philosophy and the Formation of Fiction in Plato's Republic". ''Journal of Hellenic Studies''. '''121''': 12–29. doi:10.2307/631825. JSTOR 631825.</ref>. Plato's rationale for this was he saw humans as primarily selfish in nature, but you probably already know that!<ref>'''The Selfish Gene'''. Oxford ; Dawkins, Richard, 1941-. New York :Oxford University Press, 1989.</ref> ''However, what if we turn this thought experiment on its head?'' | ||
Imagine this time, instead of the ring hiding you from everyone, the ring shows everyone everything you do. ''Would you still get up to similar mischief?'' Or like what happens with CCTV, if you are watched or even just recorded the majority of people are unlikely to do wrong but actually do good. | Imagine this time, instead of the ring hiding you from everyone, the ring shows everyone everything you do. ''Would you still get up to similar mischief?'' Or like what happens with CCTV, if you are watched or even just recorded the majority of people are unlikely to do wrong but actually do good. | ||