Futurepolis
Gideon LichfieldOn reinventing democracy, governance, and government for the 21st century.
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Come talk about how to make democracy super-duper-exciting
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Tomorrow (January 22) I’m co-hosting an online event—which you can join!—with a rather eclectic bunch: Kim Stanley Robinson (science fiction novelist), Baratunde Thurston (podcaster, writer, comedian), Ren...
Mamdani's bold experiment in participatory democracy
Zohran Mamdani” by Taymaz Valley, CC BY 4.0 (via Flickr)
A note: on January 22nd I’m hosting a webinar for Harvard’s Ash Center for Democracy with Kim Stanley Robinson, Baratunde Thurston, Renee DiResta, and others on how to get pro-democr...
Video: Better government in 10 minutes
There’s a saying: “The government is like the toilet; people just want it to work.” Ideas about reinventing democracy often entail giving citizens all sorts of new ways to participate beyond voting. But how many people really want to go to...
We need a massive show of peaceful force
Image by Midjourney
The other night I had dinner with some friends who are political exiles from Putin’s Russia. It was a few days after Trump had sent nearly 5,000 National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles to quell the street prote...
The US could become a grand experiment in AI law—in theory, anyway
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I’m sorry it’s been so long since I posted here. I’ve been pretty occupied with other projects, including some consulting work, mostly for for media companies and pro-democracy organizations. And I’m open to more: If...
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Most recently editor-in-chief of WIRED, now independent, writing FUTUREPOLIS on the reinvention of democratic governance for the 21st century. More at gideonlichfield.com
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