Unified at the top
Whatever sits above the rest can settle disputes and enforce choices on its own terms.
- single agency
- one will, one state
001/∞
One decision-maker at the top
The oldest question about power, and the last one we get to answer.
唯一の意思
A world order with a single decision-making agency at the highest level. Nick Bostrom, philosopher. He introduced the term in 2005.
Whatever sits above the rest can settle disputes and enforce choices on its own terms.
It could be a government, an institution, an SI, or something no one has named yet.
It could end wars and prevent catastrophe, or lock in one set of values with no way back.