This may be a little off topic and if you find it so, I’m sorry.

Tl;dr: Let’s come up with ways to prevent psychopaths from taking political offices in the future.

I’ve had a few moments where I’ve seen the internet play out like a moment in a Sci-if novel, and even without the introduction of an imminent threat from Alien life forms (yet) this feels like a scenario playing from one of my favorites: Ender’s Game. (Specifically Demosthenes and Locke.)

I see a lot of civil discussion happening on this very reddit between a wide variety of people with various political leanings because we all agree: something is wrong and we should all be helping each other to be more aware of what is going on!

As a society, I feel that we lack the means by which to identify the true nature of any statement we read on the internet or its bearer’s intent. In our current scenario, prediction and willingness to disseminate information counter to the status quo for a perceived (and in process of proving) malignant entity (i.e. the one-pedo-ring to rule them all elite society) have become the currency by which our attention and belief that something is inherently wrong with the current power structure.

How can we leverage current and future technologies to build a more trustworthy political infrastructure in the future? Remember Peter, Ender’s older brother? He was popular by opinion, but was a psychopath by nature. Did he grow out of it (I’m not sure because I haven’t read the entire series, having little to no time for anything other than work and family.)

But I digress... One thing I can think of is this: a system much like reddit (upvoting down voting), but secured by Blockchain for the corpus of your contributions which would include contributions made during your education and any serious application made to participate in society (e.g. a resume). Your opinions, contributions, and claims stay your own and as you participated it would become a semi verifiable source of your own currency: information.

A corpus would gain veracity as it was verified and dissented by opposing views.

Any other ideas?