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 …
My conversation with an Indigenous/metacrisis-educated AI (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 6)
Dear friends, For many months I’ve been exploring connections between my work, the metacrisis, and Indigenous worldviews and wisdom. Last week I …
Helping Co-Intelligence Work for the World
Helping Co-Intelligence Work for the World We are workingto empowerinspireconnectagents of changeon behalf of life(both human lifeand more-than-human life)in our current andfuture …
What is the practice of co-intelligence? Part 6 – The inclusiveness challenge
This is the last of six posts seeking to describe what it means to practice co-intelligence. The full series is here: 1) …
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. …
An AI Politician Sparks Transformative Thinking (AI – A Partner in Wise Democracy? #6)
This just in! This morning I read about a candidate for UK Parliament who combines two entities – businessman Steve Endacott and …
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 …
Talking about public participation & community engagement with the US Federal Government
These are my responses to the Federal government’s new Request for Information (RFI) survey about methods and leading practices for advancing public …
Pluralism, Plurality, and the Generation of Collective Wisdom
The New Pluralists and Plurality activists are rising to meet the challenges of rapidly increasing social division. They aspire to enhance the …
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 …