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 – Part Two (which is also “LLMs thinking with us – Part Two”)
My quiet summer fundraiser continues. So far we’ve received $2930 from 27 people. If you find my work meaningful, please send me some support (it’s tax-deductible). Thank you …
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 ecosystem of participatory worldviews
(NOTE: I’m not really happy with the title of this post, but am having trouble thinking of a different one to describe what the …
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? #3 – Storytelling (AI Meets Wisdom Series – Part 5)
In this post, I challenge ChatGPT 4o to imagine how the Community Catalyst Program it recommended (in my prior blog conversation on …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Realism and Possibility
Realism can mean working within existing constraints – or successfully addressing the real issues we face. Unfortunately, trying to be realistic in …