By splitting the network into small sections for consensus voting purposes the idea is you avoid the inefficiencies of having to poll all the nodes on the network — yet can still retain robustness, at least so long as subgroups are carefully structured and secured.
Moreover, there is growing consensus that purpose-driven businesses are also good for the bottom line over the long term.
Unless democracy in the U.S. or, indeed, across the West can find a way to forge consensus, unity of purpose and the determination to resolve long-term challenges, it will end up on the wrong side of history.
They sought to design institutions that could forge consensus, unity of purpose and the capacity for addressing long-term problems out of the cacophony of voices and contending interests that democracy by its nature generates.
To optimize enfuvirtide use, consensus recommendations for this purpose have been formulated by 247 physicians attending patients with HIV infection in Spain.
Law generally was thought to be a human invention arrived at by consensus for the purpose of restricting natural freedoms for the sake of expediency and self-interest.
The bitter disputes over the Great Society-era programs fractured the nation's rough political consensus, and the purpose of government itself became a battleground.
Leaders of an international conference warned Thursday that it would be "irresponsible" to use a new gene-editing technique on human embryo, sperm or egg cells until questions of safety are addressed and there is "broad societal consensus" on the purpose of the effort.
At this point, accreditation reform appears to be one of the few issues parties agree is needed although consensus on its purpose is lacking.
Surely, there are many other possible arrangements that introduce depoliticized institutions, temporary governments or commissions that bolster democracy's capacity to "enlarge the public view," forge consensus, unity of purpose and the long-term implementation of sustainable policies.
