The idea, essentially, would be to defuse the political nature of government by turning it into collective problem solving on specific issues among relatively objective people. Kind of like how a jury is supposed to be able to look at a legal case objectively.
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This is my favorite 4/1 prank so far. Local hotel designed by clients of mine.
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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker launches overnight speech to protest Trump’s agenda https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/04/01/new-jersey-sen-cory-booker-launches-talking-filibuster-to-protest-trumps-agenda
Finally, my favorite of the bunch is probably demarchy.
The idea behind this is essentially the same as jury duty. Rather than pick people based on merit or skill, what if we had folks solve problems by randomly picking them from the community, perhaps with a lottery system?
Greenland is facing an existential threat. So is Canada.
So where's the solidarity? https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/the-international-community-has-been-silent-on-this-growing-threat-worse-mark-carneys-liberals-mostly/article_3125fafc-46ab-477f-a4fe-623b27405777.html
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#Kaugummis enthalten zahlreiche Mikroplastik-Partikel, so eine Studie. Forschende untersuchten sowohl synthetische Kaugummis als auch solche mit naturbasierten Zutaten – und kamen zu überraschenden Ergebnissen. https://www.riffreporter.de/de/wissen/mikroplastik-kaugummi-studie-gesundheitsrisiken-plastikpartikel-plastik-gesundheit-umwelt #Mikroplastik #Plastik #Gesundheit @riffreporter
Anyway, if that’s not a turnoff, I recommend checking out this working paper from Stanford researchers Andrew B. Hall and Sho Miyazaki:
However, the rub is that liquid democracy, as a concept, is associated with blockchain. It didn’t come about because of blockchain, but it’s seen as an enabling factor. If you’ve heard of the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), yes, it’s related.
ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users https://t.co/PxUslXT3Dt
However, if you don’t care about an issue, you can put a representative in charge of managing those interests, or even choose not to get involved at all. In an era when our politics are less regional than ever, I see the appeal.