Recently I have been thinking a lot about how to construct a "virtual assembly." This has led to a set of rules (an amended/expanded version is under consideration), similar to Robert's Rules. Since I am a philosopher and most recently (in 2005) taught philosophy of law, I naturally think of the jurisprudence of our endeavor. So the following occurred to me.
Identity =df. the set of facts, including a real name, associated with a person
Polity =df. a state or other organized community with a government" Sanger
My take on this is to consider how a market might be a possible answer? The corn flakes market doesn't require that identities be known as far as I can tell, but it works. Democracies are not great at allocating resources. What's the goal here? A group decision for its own sake? Or the best answer for whatever the question is? Let's look at WP. Let's say as far as we know, 10,000 people govern WP. Why do value each of their votes the same, give them the same weighting? Maybe because we can't think of anything better to do. It's been drummed into our head for our whole lives, one man, one vote. However it works out, those governing it should remember that Wikipedia ultimately, is for its users.
