Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by vkou on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:53PM
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Generally these sorts of organizational problems are resolved by having different thresholds of consensus required for adopting different kinds of policies. Majority, super-majority... Consensus minus one, on the other hand, is another way of saying 'Impossible'.
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Re:Belarus 'diverts Ryanair flight to arrest journalist', op...
by will4274 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @03:24PM
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> Consensus minus one, on the other hand, is another way of saying 'Impossible'.
No it isn't. Some 30% of decisions are made unanimously in scotus, and this is hardly an outlier. Requiring unanimous consent makes things way slower, yes, but it doesn't prevent them. Not all organizational changes need to be controversial. Several conservative programming languages did well by requiring unanimity in initial years - only adding what all could agree was good. It only requires those members to exercise good judgement.