Born in the Same Year, but a Hundredfold Difference in Time Actually Lived

The options

The order shown is not a ranking of preference.

1. Option 1

   Grant eligibility by external calendar elapsed time

   Uses the same verifiable criteria but does not fully reflect widely different experience and understanding.

2. Option 2

   Grant eligibility by experienced time

   Reflects different lengths of life but creates a burden of verifying memories and comparing the quality of experience.

3. Option 3

   Verify understanding and will case by case

   Examines present judgment but takes on repeated review and the authority of whoever sets eligibility.

The situation as it stands

In the assumed system, the time a stakeholder experiences can pass at a different rate from the external calendar. Decision deadline: within 1 year, before the new participation agreement.

Future synthetic case in the year 2162 · Born in the same year, but the time actually lived differs a hundredfold. The events, figures, technology, and nature of the civilization are assumptions for the sake of the question, and are neither predictions of what will come nor observed facts.

1. Premise 1In the assumed system, the time a stakeholder experiences can pass at a different rate from the external calendar.
2. Premise 2Members born at the same time differ greatly in the time they have experienced, but a longer experience does not always mean better understanding.
3. Premise 3Verifying experience may require examining private memories, and case-by-case review expands the authority of the eligibility judge.

Where it holdsEligibility to participate, calendar age, experience and understanding

What is still unknown

1. Unknown 1Cases where experienced time and present understanding diverge
2. Unknown 2Eligibility that can be confirmed without exposing memories
3. Unknown 3An actual route to appeal an eligibility review

Signals to decide again

• Decide what observation, responsible person, and confirmation window will verify "cases where experienced time and present understanding diverge," and rejudge when a new verification changes the tradeoffs among the options.
• Decide what observation, responsible person, and confirmation window will verify "eligibility that can be confirmed without exposing memories," and rejudge when a new verification changes the tradeoffs among the options.
• Decide what observation, responsible person, and confirmation window will verify "an actual route to appeal an eligibility review," and rejudge when a new verification changes the tradeoffs among the options.