Four timely articles about AI
to add some novel perspectives into the emerging mainstream debate about it ——-Here is a gentle funding request.So far, we have $106 …
A Transformational Book That Was Missing — Until Now
Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offeringThere is a crack, a crack in everythingThat’s how the light gets in. …
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 …
Expanding democratic genius into collective wisdom (Part 1)
Dear friends, While working on my last blog post about Audrey Tang’s work, I was also helping organize and edit a book …
A celebration of my favorite Taoist visionary evocateur of participatory deliberative democracy, Audrey Tang
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Chatbots offer guidance for ASI (Artificial Super-Intelligence Part 4)
Seeking to exemplify the kind of partnership and co-intelligence I imagine might be positive between humans and artificial super-intelligences (ASIs), I decided …
AI’s Caring, Human Trauma and More (Artificial Super-Intelligence Part 3)
When people contemplate AI’s expanding power and intelligence, they often wonder “What would artificial super-intelligence (ASI) do to us…. with us… about …
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 …
Reimagining Deliberative Democracy to Meet the Metacrisis
My quiet summer fundraiser continues. So far we’ve received $1453 from 15 people. If you find my work meaningful, please send me …