Occasional essays on democracy, expertise, and technological change, written for a broader audience.
The Loop · 2023
A Case for Democracy’s Digital Playground
Democratic institutions need protected spaces for experimentation if they are to adapt to the pressures of the digital age. The essay outlines an artificial world where institutional mechanisms can compete, fail cheaply, and improve, starting with small-scale educational applications.
The Loop · 2022
Science of Democracy and the Owl of Minerva
Why the scientific understanding of democracy matters most when its established assumptions come under strain.
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