#mustread on the future of democracy.

Originally shared by Jan Wildeboer

#mustread on the future of democracy. By someone who is actively hacking the system from within. Inspiring and provoking.

"We need more studies to see the pros and cons of active voting systems and liquid democracy models, with delegates rather than representatives, for example.

We need to do the opposite of what Russell Brand is advocating, we need to use our votes. Even if we don’t want to engage with the current broken system, we should not use that as an excuse for apathy. We should see it as an encouragement to engage in creating our own alternatives, our new co-created systems; to be creative about it and to connect. Connectivity is the key to a rapid change; but information in itself is meaningless if we don’t know how to decode it into wisdom."

http://newint.org/features/2015/01/01/democracy-digital-era-keynote
http://newint.org/features/2015/01/01/democracy-digital-era-keynote/#.dpuf