Liquid Future

https://www.fairvote.org/ Drew Penrose heads the law and policy department at FairVote. He contributes to work around ranked choice voting, primary elections, election administration, and the Voting Rights Act. He and Rob Richie have co-authored two law review articles arguing for the use of ranked choice voting in legislative elections. Penrose has also helped draft and submit amicus curiae briefs in cases concerning voting rights, primary elections, and ballot access. Penrose earned a...

At The Seasteading Institute, we believe that experiments are the source of all progress: to find something better, you have to try something new. But right now, there is no open space for experimenting with new societies. That’s why we work to enable seasteading communities — floating cities — which will allow the next generation of pioneers to peacefully test new ideas for how to live together. Patri received a BS in math from Harvey Mudd College, an MS in computer science from Stanford...

Liquid Reign is a work of speculative fiction, imagineering a fairly liveable future in 2051, neither dys- nor utopian.Melting the boundaries between science and fiction into a novel format, each chapter provides links to the sources of inspiration influencing it – ranging from Jean Jacques Rousseau‘s social contract of 1762 to blockchain startups from 2018. "A vertiginous rollercoaster of ideas and a unique take on the future of (un)governance, delivered with irrepressible, unruly energy."...

"The Constitution gives the American people the right to choose the vice president of the United States. That right was taken from us by the party ballot. That lack of democracy has corrupted the office, turning it into a presidential lap dog, instead of a representative of ‘We the People.’ It’s time for that approach to change. It’s time to reclaim the vice presidency for the American people. It’s time for us to elect the vice president. ” David Blake, co-founder of vice.run

James Jameson is a versed campaign operative, bringing multi-faceted experience to RepresentUs. Starting off with fundraising for the 2012 Marriage Equality campaign in Maine, James has led canvass efforts in three states and field efforts in two. In the 2016 cycle, James served as the New Hampshire Out-of-State Director for Bernie Sanders before joining his National Advance Team, traveling to 27 states, and building rallies of thousands of people. Since first getting into political...

Mariah Phillips (Democrat) was a candidate for Tennessee's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Phillips lost the general election on November 6, 2018, after advancing from the primary on August 2, 2018.

This episode discusses some of the common objections raised against liquid democracy, and to what extent these objections may or may not have merit.

Ben Gleib is an American actor, comedian, satirist, and writer. In this video he is speaking at the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO's annual convention on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 at Prairie Meadows Hotel in Altoona. For 14 years he has been a political commentator for CNN, NPR, The Young Turks, and other popular outlets. He's an entrepreneur and a TV host, and he created the telethon for America to gather one million Americans to improve voter turnout. Ben is running as a liquid...

John Montfort Dunn (born 9 September 1940) is emeritus Professor of Political Theory at King's College, Cambridge, and Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Chiba University, Japan. Dunn's work focuses on applying a historical perspective to modern political theory. His early reputation was based upon the careful reconstruction of the political thought of John Locke: this benefited from Peter Laslett's critical edition of Locke's Two Treatises of...

Between the Trump administration and global rise of populism, the domination of money in politics and steady replacement of thoughtful exchange by partisan maneuvering … it’s easy to feel gloomy about the state of Democracy. And yet, lost in the headlines and trending topics is a growing movement of activists, technology solutions and imaginative thinking that are re-conceiving the very nature of Democracy. On May 29th at Manny’s, join us for a discussion of how digital democracy is...

This video gives supporters of Liquid US an overall understanding of what the organization has been up to recently, and where we plan to head next in order to promote our liquid democratic vision in America.

https://www.agathaforcongress.com/ "I am a 27-year-old Brazilian-American immigrant and San Francisco resident running for U.S. Congress in California District 12. San Francisco has some of the youngest, most diverse, and technologically advanced residents of any district in the U.S. The technology dreamt up here ripples out to the entire world, and will continue to do so as another four billion people connect online in the next decade. AI, automation, and social media will continue to...

The problem of deepfakes is one that has been discussed quite frequently in politics and news media lately. There is a growing concern that deepfakes can be used to decieve people into thinking that a well-known figure said something they didn't. How might a liquid democracy help ameliorate the negative effects of deepfakes in politics, by shifting the focus of political discussions from people to ideas?

Brett Hennig co-founded and directors the Sortition Foundation, which campaigns to institute the use of stratified, random selection (also called sortition) in government. Before co-founding the Sortition Foundation, Brett wore a variety of hats: as a taxi driver, a software engineer, a social justice activist, a mathematics tutor, and the primary carer of four boys. He finished his PhD in astrophysics just before his first son arrived. After spending several disheartening years in civil...

David Ernst & Cy Ray are building Liquid Democracy which is a 21st century rethinking of Democratic Representation.

Jon Barnes is a thinker and tinkerer, exploring alternatives to complex topics like education, work, democracy both in theory and through experimenting in my personal life. Learn more about his podcasts, talks and books via his website: http://jonbarnes.me/ On November 8, 2016, the night Donald Trump was elected President of The United States, John published his first book: "Democracy Squared", proposing ways to create a deeper and more distributed form of democracy supported by...

A lengthy explanation detailing our security and privacy practices, including an explanation of our proof of vote system.

Our current system: Currently elected county offices are filled using a "top two jungle primary" system involving a primary election in the spring and a general election in November. The election is non-partisan and no party labels show up on the ballot, so Democrats might be running against Democrats and Republicans running against Republicans. If a candidate gets a majority in the primary (50%+1 of the votes), that is the only candidate who appears on the November ballot -- even though...

For more than 25 years, Jim Jonas has helped craft strategic, award-winning communication campaigns and projects for high-profile corporate, public affairs and political clients. He's been a pioneer in independent political reform efforts including co-founding Unity '08 and managing Greg Orman's US Senate campaign in 2014. Jim got his start in politics managing winning congressional campaigns in his native North Carolina before joining Ailes Communications as a writer and producer of...

Hélène Landemore is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University. Her research and teaching interests include democratic theory, political epistemology, theories of justice, the philosophy of social sciences (particularly economics), constitutional processes and theories, and workplace democracy. Her first book (in French) Hume. Probabilité et Choix Raisonnable (PUF: 2004) was a philosophical investigation of David Hume’s theory of decision-making. Her second book (in...