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 …
Making “Wholeness” a Realistic Guiding Principle
Tom Atlee Jun 12, 2025 What this message is about: Wholeness isn’t about perfection—it’s about participation in life’s evolving dance. In this …
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 …
My search for life-serving transformational directions in these times
Dear friends, We are certainly in a time of profound transformation. The competition between worldviews is heating up and the field of ideological …