The Huffington Post: How to make democracy work in the digital age
Dirk Helbing and Stefan Klauser wrote a piece for The Huffington Post's Contributor platform.
external pageThe post was published in August 2016. Dirk Helbing and Stefan Klauser are affiliated with COSS ETHZ.
"So, instead of trying to revive governance principles of the past, which have failed to embrace the complexity and diversity of modern societies, we should engage in digitally upgrading democracy. After all, being the result of many wars and revolutions – democracy is a highly advanced governance system that has taken on board the wisdom of some of the smartest and most respected people in human history. Rather than accepting data-driven governance to control and abate societal diversity and complexity, we propose a way to leverage complexity for our benefit, through a platform of participation and decentralization," authors wrote.