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Bureaucracy solves many problems in society, but it takes a lot of human effort and resources beyond the vote count

Consul Democracy Documentation for Administrators. This version was archived on 3/27/25. Link to the modern documentation may be found here

This report examines the evolution, distribution, and modifications of Consul Democracy, an open-source digital democracy platform

In this chapter, MIT CCI reviews the cognitive and psychological research related to collective intelligence.

The elderly mayor displayed the digital platform herself, showing that civic tech participation transcends age and tech-savviness

The purpose of education systems is to train humans against the same hallucinations AI are so often accused of.

The brain deals with information within our immediate vacinity. A sensor network similarly detects data at a much wider range.

Being the only lifeform capable of observing the solutions of nature and combining them into technology, it is our responsibility to do so

" I'm particularly curious about your perspective on user-driven versus system-driven optimization strategies, Dave"

Collective Intelligence and Emergent Systems: Reflections on Guns, Germs, and Steel During the Kentucky Combine, NTARI Vice President...

This United Nations backed initiative establishes standards for the production and distribution of open-source software as a public good

Learn how the Jolly Roger, its appearance, daemons, timing and visual etymology implemented a complex program of if/then statements

That winter, something remarkable happened. Villages began solving their own problems.

The potential of any network lies in its ability to share resources, exchange information, and solve problems collaboratively.

Regardless of the context, this is a great example of how Christianity is a collective intelligence, with a unique algorithm

The emergence of collective intelligence from teams requires intelligent design. The old saying "two heads are better than one," isn't alway

When you include phrases like "take your time" in your prompt, you're essentially encouraging the AI to engage in more deliberate processing

I recently started a conversation with Claude AI about the power of contemporary financial systems to empower global collective intelligence

Many parts of the internet rely on radio signaling to transmit data. The most distant node of this vast network is Voyager 1

Scientific consensus is the prevailing judgment, position, and opinion of the majority—or supermajority—of scientists at a given time