The Layer Cake of Social Order

THE LAYER CAKE OF SOCIAL ORDER

1. REPUTATION
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   Weapon: Ostracization (death sentence)
   Records: Memory of Locals
2. RELIGION
   Religion evolved to provide understanding of the word, virtues to imitate, and general prohibitions, across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, so that people could cooperate more easily and retaliate (feud) less frequently.
   Weapon: ostracization (deprivation from opportunity)
   Records: memory of locals, religious registries and ceremonies.
3. LAW
   Law evolved to standardize punishments across clans, tribes, and conquered nations, to keep the peace, preserve productivity, preserve taxation, and legitimize (provide value by) rule.
   Weapon: violence, deprivation
   Records: written ledgers of crimes and punishments.
4. CREDIT
   Credit rule evolved to increase productivity by the promise of consumption in the present, such that the primary form of social punishment was loss of consumption, status, and signaling.
   Weapon: deprivation of consumption, status, and signaling.
   Records: written and electronic records of creditworthiness.
5. DIGITAL REPUTATION
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6. DIGITAL PRIOR RESTRAINT (?)
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