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People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say. The democratic process relies on the assumption that citizens (the majority of them, at least) can recognize the best political candidate, or best policy idea, when they see it.

People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say

But a growing body of research has revealed an unfortunate aspect of the human psyche that would seem to disprove this notion, and imply instead that democratic elections produce mediocre leadership and policies. The research, led by David Dunning, a psychologist at Cornell University, shows that incompetent people are inherently unable to judge the competence of other people, or the quality of those people's ideas. For example, if people lack expertise on tax reform, it is very difficult for them to identify the candidates who are actual experts. They simply lack the mental tools needed to make meaningful judgments. As a result, no amount of information or facts about political candidates can override the inherent inability of many voters to accurately evaluate them.

Officina Firenze Terzo Millennio - "P"olitica e "C"ultura per una Nuova Firenze. Liquid Democracy by Friedrich Kegel on Prezi. Liquid Democracy by Micha Herda on Prezi. Canale del Movimento 5 stelle Milano, Canale del Movimento 5 stelle Milano movimento5stellemi on USTREAM. Politics. Was ist: Liquid Democracy. Jan Hemme Explains Liquid Democracy - California Pirate Party. LiquidFeedback, la piattaforma per la politica partecipata. Der Liquid Democracy e.V. arbeitet an innovativen Ideen und Projekten zur demokratischen Teilhabe. Liquid Democracy: Web Platform Makes Professor Most Powerful Pirate.

Martin Haase doesn't have to give any hard-hitting speeches at party conferences, nor does he spend time at board meetings or in back rooms to hone his power.

Liquid Democracy: Web Platform Makes Professor Most Powerful Pirate

When the 49-year-old professor wants to engage in politics, he just opens his laptop and logs in to Liquid Feedback, the Pirate Party's online platform for discussing and voting on political proposals. For hours at a time, the political newcomers (the Pirates first formed in Germany in 2006) discuss their party's goals, and each member has the opportunity to use Liquid Feedback as a platform to promote his or her positions -- which can range from the Pirate Party fielding its own presidential candidate to the appeal to deescalate the conflict with Iran.

It isn't always easy to secure a majority for a given cause on the site. Until Haase intervenes, that is. The linguistics professor has a sort of virtual alliance backing him on Liquid Feedback. Seven Percent Support Nationwide. Mission Statement «  LiquidFeedback – Interactive Democracy. Interactive Democracy using Liquid Democracy by Andreas Nitsche Liquid Democracy Let’s start with an old dream mentioned by Alexander Hamilton in 1788: “It has been observed by an honorable gentleman that a pure democracy, if it were practicable, would be the most perfect government.”

Mission Statement «  LiquidFeedback – Interactive Democracy

Proxy voting. Proxy voting is a form of voting whereby some members of a decision-making body may delegate their voting power to other members of the same body to vote in their absence, and/or to select additional representatives.

Proxy voting

A person so designated is called a "proxy" and the person designating him or her is called a "principal". Proxy appointments can be used to form a voting bloc that can exercise greater influence in deliberations or negotiations. Proxy voting is a particularly important practice with respect to corporations; in the United States, investment advisers often vote proxies on behalf of their client accounts.[1] The United States parliamentary manual Riddick's Rules of Procedure notes that, under proxy voting, voting for officers should be done by ballot, due to the difficulties involved in authentication if a member simply calls out, "I cast 17 votes for Mr. X Proxy voting is also an important feature in corporate governance through the proxy statement.

PENSIERO LIQUIDO E CROLLO DELLA MENTE. Sulle nuove frontiere della riflessione estetica, un originale saggio di Gaetano Mirabella, scrittore e collaboratore del "McLuhan Program in culture and technology" di Toronto - a cura di Federico La Sala. Foto.

PENSIERO LIQUIDO E CROLLO DELLA MENTE. Sulle nuove frontiere della riflessione estetica, un originale saggio di Gaetano Mirabella, scrittore e collaboratore del "McLuhan Program in culture and technology" di Toronto - a cura di Federico La Sala

"Arcano Maggiore" dei Tarocchi: la Torre (o la Casa di Dio). Il testo - qui, in anteprima - è stato stampato presso la Palladio editrice di Salerno (e. 10, pp. 91). Verso un sentire pensante. Il corpo nell’epoca della Transnaturalità elettronica. di Gaetano Mirabella Possediamo ogni scienza esattamente nella misura in cui ci siamo risolti ad accogliere la testimonianza dei sensi, nonché nella misura in cui li affiniamo, li armiamo e insegniamo loro a “pensare” fino in fondo. Prefazione. Proper Government - Computerized Government in Practice. Computerized Government o how is it all made to work???

Proper Government - Computerized Government in Practice

I can only give you my personal vision of what I believe can and should happen. Many of my predictions and estimates may be in error or may require modification but the general view should be a fair approximation to the truth. First and foremost, running and improving civilization should be "fun". It isn't a dirty buisness after all (politics makes it so). Now... Each man has a voter number. You also receive a four digit access code (like a bankcard) to prevent unauthorized use. [ When secure transmissions are perfected you probably won't need this precaution.]

When you want to vote for someone you log on to your voter file (the information kept by the government to verify your identity, etc.) and type in the voter number of the person you're voting for. If you receive votes from others, they are automatically sent on to the person you have chosen as your representative. Delegated Voting. In delegated voting, you can delegate your vote on an issue to someone else if you don't have the time or expertise to follow the issue yourself.

Delegated Voting

Cons One of the pitfalls is that rich entities could literally buy your vote. Most implementations attempt to guard against this one way or another. See also LiquidDemocracy, which refers to a situation where you can delegate your votes and your delegates can delegate their vote (and yours) on to someone else. CategoryGroupDecisionMakingRule? NetConferencePlus.