Democracy
🕵️ Stupid overconfidence in "The Traitors" raises a crucial question about our democracy
Why do so many people follow the stupidly overconfident types in The Traitors? And what can we learn from it to defend our democracy?
🗳️ Ghana's democracy shows stability over 30 years
Ghana has held uninterrupted and peaceful elections since the return to democracy in 1992, with four power transitions between political parties.
❌ We argue the wrong way when it comes to democracy
Human rights are not the most important purpose of democracy, according to a new survey. Therefore, we should change our arguments about why democracy is so important.
💡 Musings of the Angry Optimist: Creating small crises for oneself
I have created three mini-crises for myself. It has been difficult, but very liberating.
🦾 AI avatars protect journalists in Venezuela
AI-created news anchors are used to protect journalists in Venezuela. The initiative involves approximately 20 Venezuelan news media and 100 journalists. The digital presenters report on government actions against opposition and media.
🙅♀️ Prebunking - how Taiwan resisted China's information warfare
Showing people in advance what the manipulators will claim gives people mental antibodies to resist disinformation.
📱 Ukrainian Qela organizes democracy activists with an app
Running a startup is hard. Running a startup in Ukraine is brutal. But that's what Tamara Tachynska is doing. With the Qela App, democracy activists and other communities can organize themselves.
🗳️ The startup VINICI creates a rhetorical timeline of what politicians have said - fighting for democracy in Georgia
Georgia has passed a Russian-inspired law that classifies many democracy activists as foreign agents. A step towards harsher repression. But there are many who are fighting back. VINICI is building a tool that can influence the election in Georgia this fall.
🗳️ Leopoldo López is building an alliance of democracy defenders – with the help of technology
Four years in solitary confinement did not break him. He continued to lead protests against the dictatorship in Venezuela. After being forced to flee the country, he now continues his work from abroad, building a democracy movement that threatens all dictatorships worldwide.