Um, am thinking. Here’s a scenario taken from my experience in business. One person I knew had a very good reputation - however I am convinced his contribution to the business was actually negative. I think he was very good at manipulation of people - he could charm the pants of many people but I saw how he played the game very well.
I’m currently attempting to write a book about the impact on mankind if we found out we couldn’t actually travel far from our planet (it’s called “Tethered Man”). One of the concepts I’ve thought about introducing in the book is the concept of a ‘People Programming Language’’ - whereby some ‘jedi’ knight type individuals (probably politicians) have mastered the art of manipulating anyone they come into contact with by any means. This programming language is eventually adopted by machines that mean they can ultimately control mankind. This last section isn’t really relevant I know…just I am now thinking of using a reputation based income economy in my story line 