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Bindingness

The authority technically and legally binds itself to democratic decisions.

To what extent can the unilateral authority bind itself to acting in accordance with the democratic decision:

  1. Technically?
  2. Legally? (E.g., has developed the needed technical and/or legal infrastructure for binding; binding may be done through a mix of locks, forces, incentives, or overarching powers, e.g. legal system; physical limitations, etc.)

Related Capabilities

Bind legally

Urgent
Ability to make outputs enforceable through known and viable legal structures and mechanisms (e.g. regulation that requires authority to implement or seriously consider the outputs).
Maturity
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Neglectedness
Dimension: Bindingness
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Bind technically

Ability to ensure the relevant technical systems act in directed ways (e.g., via model alignment, control, cryptographic enforcement of outputs, physical limitations, etc.). Caveat: Irrevocable direct binding to outputs should generally be implemented with checks and balances.
Maturity
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Importance
Neglectedness
Dimension: Bindingness
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Navigate ambiguity

Ability to ensure that, given potential ambiguity of decisions, the authority takes actions as close to the intended ones as possible.
Maturity
Opportunity
Importance
Neglectedness
Dimension: Bindingness
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Enforce decisions

Ability to make outputs enforceable through known and viable mechanisms (e.g. formats, structures, or procedures that can actually plug into how organizations already make and implement decisions).
Maturity
Opportunity
Importance
Neglectedness
Dimension: Bindingness
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