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- We need deliberative spaces that allow people to truly listen to one another and to be heard, to recognise and acknowledge each other, even in difference, to grapple with complexity and spark curiosity – in ideas as well as in why others believe what they do; to have empathy and also to be able to do the hard work of finding common ground on the sh... See more
from Assembly required - RSA Comment by Darrell Bouldin
Could citizen assemblies be a new model for the future of political decision-making, to overcome some of the challenges of our democratic crisis?
I continued to read the article and want to add the below, to build on the above question.
The more fundamental issue is that a system defined by elections, with political parties and politicians, is designed for short-termism, for debate, for conflict and for polarisation. It puts re-election goals and party logic ahead of the common good. Adding on new forms of democratic institutions like citizens’ assemblies to an electoral system does not address the underlying democratic problems of an elections-based system. - I’m at my most courageous on the page because interrogating my feelings with words feels justified and purposeful in the case that it helps someone else understand the mess of the human condition.
from (self) concept by Molly Mielke
- creating conditions for collective intelligence to thrive.
from Assembly required - RSA Comment by Darrell Bouldin
collective intelligence and Journal
let’s define these conditions together
- If you can write, you’re not fixed. You can be anybody else—you have that possibility.
from The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami by Deborah Treisman
Love and Relationships
Reminds me of the the ‘In-Yun’ concept if it was applied inside of an existing relationship
