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> A lot of the snarky comments are getting downvoted but I must admit that my first reaction to reading even a few paragraphs of this article was essentially revulsion.

I'm not sure to what degree describing one's first impressions honestly consists of snark.

> However private enterprise has so many unpredictable incentives that I simply would never want to subject myself to a system like this unless it had been proven to work for a long time someplace else (color me a private crime fighter NIMBY).

And even then, you would have to have a deep understanding, and be able to replicate the exact cultural quirks that allow such a system to "work" in the first place.

[RobinHanson]

If an existing system works badly, one shouldn't be too eager to understand and replicate all of its details.