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🗓️ 3 November 2014
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0:00.0 | Hello, internet. You know, I love me some voting videos. These, however, are mostly about how organizations can improve their elections. |
0:07.4 | But normal people need better voting too. Say a group of you are trying to decide what to have for dinner. There are three options. |
0:13.4 | Steak shack, all meat all the time. Veggie Villa, hope you like lettuce. And Burger Barn, every burger ever, including the ones made from not meat. |
0:19.9 | Just asking people to pick their favorite as normal results in three starved carnivores. |
0:24.3 | Now you could use one of these better methods I've talked about before, but seriously, |
0:27.8 | who wants to break out the pens and paper and nerd to crank the algorithm for a question that |
0:31.5 | should be answered in under 30 seconds? |
0:33.6 | No one. |
0:34.6 | So here's the fastest way to vote in a group, none of that stuff required. |
0:36.5 | Don't blink or you'll miss it. |
0:41.3 | Hands up if you're good with Steakshack. Hands up if you're good with Burger Barn. Hands up if you're good with Veggie Villa. |
0:46.1 | Boom. Election over. Burger Barn domination. This time everybody gets to live. The difference, |
0:57.0 | letting people vote more than once. If you're in a group and picking from several options quickly, this is the way to go. It's world-changingly great at stopping arguments like, for example, in a classroom. Hey kids, we're going to watch a movie today because I just can't anymore. |
1:01.0 | So, let's go. Hands up for Terminator 2, hands up for Spirited Away, hands up for Wally. |
1:05.0 | Done, Wally, it is. |
1:06.0 | Lazy bonus, if you're in charge of the vote, no need to keep an eye out for those aspiring dictators who subvert democracy by voting more than once. |
1:12.4 | Voting more than once is the whole point. |
1:14.4 | So next time you're in a group trying to decide, don't just ask for the favorite, ask for all the okays. |
1:19.2 | Best way to decide quickly, no pen or paper or nerd required. You know, |
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