A wisdom-generating deliberative democracy game app?
Most virtual forms of democracy that involve discussion, debate, networking and/or voting may facilitate individual voter expression and learning, but are not …
Pros, cons and the liberation potential of random selection
Today elections are more manipulated spectacle than enforcing the real answerability of elected governments. Existing political systems make wise decision-making highly unlikely. …
“The Really Big One”
The greatest disaster ever faced by the U.S. is overdue in the Pacific Northwest. A long but viral article “The Really Big …
Bits and pieces of Democracy 2.0
There is a LOT of new democracy thinking and experimenting going on – way more than I could put into a reasonable …
The two most important issues? Climate and democracy.
Climate and democracy are what I call meta-issues – issues which impact virtually every other issue and therefore, I believe, have priority …
A call for wiser research on collective wisdom
Research has just shown that “The Wisdom of Crowds” phenomena can be biased – a bias that can be avoided by focusing …
Comparing “the wisdom of crowds” to real collective wisdom
The popular book “The Wisdom of Crowds” says a lot about the remarkable accuracy of thousands of people making guesses about something …
“A Not So Divided America” – but is it wise?
A new study of 24 major surveys in the U.S. shows clearly that partisan gridlock in Washington DC is not the result …
Climate challenges us to reconnect to place, reality and reason
We are out of sync with the world and especially with “place”. We lack the insights and capacities that come from knowing …
The taproot of wise democracy
“Co-intelligence is the capacity to call forth the wisdom and resources of the whole and its members to enhance the longterm vitality …