Nils Gilman
Deputy Editor
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Technology can realize greatly intensified forms of continuous democratic participation, but such applications must be openly developed and publicly owned.
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With the right structures in place, we can transform the government from a passive issuer of regulations and transfer payments into an acti...
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How tech uses the promise of endless innovation to ward off regulating even its present-day harms.
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Even as the academic discipline of history is in crisis, public concern about historical memory has reached a fever pitch.
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To overcome the twin crises of legitimacy and effectiveness created by planetary challenges, nation-states must delegate governance responsibilities up to planetary ins...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how valuable it is for governments to have operational expertise, plan for the long-term and socializ...
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Our climate crisis may provide a powerful new set of justifications for the far right's agenda.
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Microbes are us. Let's not ignore this crisis any longer.
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