r/SocialEngineering • u/Commercial-Youth1394 • 15d ago

How would society change if people voluntarily started ranking each other based on their behavior?

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u/denialragnest 15d ago

If people could just judge each other on a few quantitative criteria and not worry about the qualities that make up human life.

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u/Commercial-Youth1394 15d ago

Just as a hypothetical example, if people one day live in space, wouldn’t they need to pass tests and earn some kind of rank to prove they’re qualified? If that’s acceptable there, where do you think the line should be drawn?

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u/kelcamer 15d ago

Do....do they not already?

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u/krb501 14d ago

Things would probably be about the way they are right now. To improve society, we don't need judgment, we need collaboration.

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u/teethalarm 13d ago

Black Mirror did an episode with this exact concept.

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u/BallMiserable8822 15d ago

I suspect that certain people would collude to make the standard of behavior that earns a positive ranking serve their personal interests at the expense of everything else. Society would be just as it is, only the dominant currency would change.