There is no doubt that with the trend towards digital voting, data will become available that will allow us to do things that people in the past would have thought impossible. As described in Dawkins' selfish gene theory section, human behavior could very well be shaped by knowing the DNA of the human in question; Knowing the genetic makeup of a large society would not only facilitate a biometric database to enable secure voting and facilitate fair elections, but would also allow the entire political landscape to be shaped. This information, combined with the voting data of the voters themselves, could allow the simulation and prediction of the effects of different government decisions in an understandable way. The end result of this would be a positive feedback loop that would assure voters of their safety as a result of optimal government representatives and optimal decisions by those in power. Technology is an incredible thing that is evolving to enable the ever-increasing modeling of complex systems. This includes
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