In past articles, we have explored Election By Jury (EBJ) - the idea that our political representatives (ie, mayors, governors, senators etc) should be elected by a jury in a courtroom-like setting (see here for more details). Anyone familiar with the sortition movement would notice that this idea has many parallels to a similar idea … Continue reading Election By Jury vs Citizen Assemblies
As an elder-millennial, I’ve seen boredom evolve dramatically over the course of my life. It has happened slowly, gradually, over many decades. So slowly that I never realized just how radically it has been transformed. And just how deeply troubling it really is. 1980 - 1990: The Age of Socializing As a kid growing up … Continue reading The End of Boredom
"For millennia, people thought that the Earth was flat, like a coin. That if you sailed too far to the east or west, you would simply fall off the side of the earth, into the void. Into this age of ignorance strode Christopher Columbus, boldly proclaiming his visionary insight of a spherical earth. One where … Continue reading Columbus Was A Clown
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