Democracy, peace, dialogue & deliberation
Exploring ways to discuss, debate, dialogue, deliberate, and generally understand and engage with different perspectives
Democracy, peace, dialogue & deliberation
If left unmanaged, conflicts naturally tend to escalate in both scale and scope. AI should help us stay towards the lower left of this graph.
But that doesn’t mean the elimination of all conflict. Sometimes conflict is healthy. It’s often part of how people and societies change for the better, such as by challenging injustice. The important... See more
But that doesn’t mean the elimination of all conflict. Sometimes conflict is healthy. It’s often part of how people and societies change for the better, such as by challenging injustice. The important... See more
Conflict Superintelligence
A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy
nature.comIn this blog, I argue that a solution to this issue is not only possible, but critically important to achieve. I propose that countries should reclaim the power to set the rules and mechanisms for digital spaces where civic discourse occurs, and apply an infrastructure mindset. They should advance social technologies to strengthen people’s... See more
Digital Public Goods
Waves: Tech-Powered Democracy - “Waves is a new digital deliberation process and tool that uses AI to enable participation both at scale and in depth. Waves integrates existing digital tools – Remesh and PSI – with new open-source technology, developed by CASM Technology, to simplify and scale end-to-end deliberation for local governments.”
Second, while I often saw things in left vs. right terms, that axis doesn’t always translate globally. Others saw things more as the difference between talking about peace and talking about rights. “This was a very rights-based discussion,” said one person. And indeed this was true. We heard about women’s rights, immigrants’ rights, trans rights,... See more
I was surrounded by peace nerds talking about inclusion and plurality, but I have to confess, sometimes the event didn’t feel very inclusive or plural. Speakers often talked with the unstated assumption that left-ish politics are obviously correct. At times I felt the uncomfortable dissonance of being around a group of people explicitly talking... See more