Norway’s Citizen Assembly: An innovative step forward
My quiet summer fundraiser continues. So far we’ve received $3223 from 30 people. If you find my work meaningful, please send me some support (it’s tax-deductible). Thank you so …
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 …
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? #1 (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 2)
Below I share one of my conversations with ChatGPT 4o about generating wise, inclusive, multi-level self-governance. It provides a remarkable overview of …
The Holistic Paradigm as Democracy’s Evolutionary Frontier
I want to bring your attention to a very important essay on “The Holistic Paradigm as Democracy’s Evolutionary Frontier”. Starting here, it explores …
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 …
How “harmony” makes interesting sense of Chinese culture and our shared future
China’s governing principle of the Mandate of Heaven and their standard of Harmony can be used to understand some of their dubiousness about …
Dancing with Systems – and Interdependence!
Donella (“Dana”) Meadows has written dozens of remarkable articles about systems thinking. Today I decided to share one of my favorites – …
Taking a step back from the hot stories of what just happened
I sometimes philosophically joke that the ultimate truth in the universe – the most important thing to know in all circumstances – …
The butterfly of citizen deliberative democracy is emerging around the world…
Powerful elite think tanks and mainstream media are beginning to favorably notice citizen deliberative initiatives that continue to rapidly emerge and evolve …