As is the ``transparency'' of people as facilitated by the Xin and Kama. These mechanisms make it much easier to choose somebody to do some work for you - a craftsman, clergy, worker or babysitter. It simplifies decisions about whom to make monetary deals with. More importantly / generally: it creates trust. The Xin holds the promise of being able to trust total strangers to unprecedent degrees. Just read the portions of their Xin that are relevant to the matter at hand and do your own well grounded judgment of that person.
Obviously some people will be worse off in a system like this, some people will find nobody to employ them, right? Yes indeed, only I think it's not just some, it's the vast majority. The reason is - fanfare for the great final of blunt talk about wanking - almost all men are wankers at least until they reach a certain age (120?). I believe that ``nobody is perfect'' might be the one greatest euphemism humanity indulges in. I believe a system like the Xin network would encourage tolerance rather than marginalization. But I also think that arguments are probably vain in this matter: only trying out will tell.
The Kama system is also essential for the organization of the state as proposed here - see above. For now let's
Thorsten Roggendorf 2008-11-06