A Glimpse Into the Emergence of My Work and the Shape of My Current Life
Time-sensitive through March 18, 2026. See “IF YOU’RE QUICK”, below. Dear friends, Many of you know that I participated in the 1986 …
Expanding democratic genius into collective wisdom (Part 2)
I’ve been promoting mini-publics – citizen assemblies, citizens juries, citizen councils, etc. – for more than two decades. Their design is a …
Weaving Greater Intelligences Together
——-My quiet winter fundraising campaignwill continue through January…So far we’ve received $775 from 15 people(out of 1500 subscribers).Might you join them?If you …
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of my best essay on emergent group process
My quiet summer fundraiser continues. So far we’ve received $2282 from 23 people. If you find my work meaningful, please send me …
Seeding co-intelligent transformation into the electoral rapids
The increasing challenges and unpredictability of electoral activities – and society in general – in the US and elsewhere generate opportunities for moving towards fundamental transformation. …
ChatGPT – A Partner in Wise Democracy? #2 – Strategy (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 3)
In this message, I explore ChatGPT’s adventure with me into strategizing how to utilize the great list it produced of existing approaches …
How I stumbled into the visionary beauty of citizen consensus councils
I’ve stumbled on a 23-year-old video where I tell the story of how a vision I loved – about what citizen consensus …
A Quick Note on AI and the Metacrisis
AI can make the metacrisis worse, leading to collapse. If there were ways to use AI to help head off its negative …
Polis: A Breakthrough tool for broader, deeper consensus
Polis is an online survey platform where all the items being surveyed are created by the participants, whose responses to each other’s …
Reflections on Wise Democracy in practice
New Co-Intelligence Institute board member Andy Paice tells the story of his work with communities in the UK, bringing the theory of …