I can’t remember any of the details, but #oathgate vaguely reminded me of some rat controversy a while ago about people not being reliable, i.e. if someone said they would do a thing there was less than 100% probability they would do it?
Anyway, I think promises of the form “I will absolutely 100% do X, no matter what” are not very useful, hence the general preference for normal contracts over smart contracts, the paucity of Unbreakable Vows in the wizarding world, etc. When I say “I will do X” I generally mean something like “I will try hard to do X in situations where a reasonable person would think that I should, conditional on my having promised to do X.”
As I recall, that was about people failing to meet a “reasonable person” level of reliability, and not considering it fair to hold them to that standard.
Oh okay, maybe you’re right. I am generally in favor of people meeting a “reasonable person” standard of reliability, for the record.