<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here is a bit of a "debate" from </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">August 2018</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Communications of the ACM</i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(</span><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CACM</i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">) </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">pitting a technology-focused approach and a human-centered approach to information and communication tech support for democracy reform. I'd love to know what you think! Please feel free to distribute if you think it's useful. [PS. The video is intended to supplement the article. It doesn't echo the article. And the production values</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">could</i><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">be better. :-) ]</span><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-2847112901459025561WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Point: Foundations of E-Democracy, Ehud Shapiro<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Article: <a href="https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2018/8/229759-point/fulltext">https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2018/8/229759-point/fulltext</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Counterpoint: E-Democracy Won’t Save Democracy. Democracy Will Save Democracy, Douglas Schuler </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Article and video: <a href="https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2018/8/229760-counterpoint/fulltext" target="_blank">https://cacm.acm.org/<wbr>magazines/2018/8/229760-<wbr>counterpoint/fulltext</a><br></span></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u></u></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Video only: <a href="https://vimeo.com/281471277" target="_blank"> https://vimeo.com/281471277</a>. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Doug</span></p></div></div></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse: separate; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div>Douglas Schuler</div><div><a href="mailto:douglas@publicsphereproject.org" target="_blank">douglas@publicsphereproject.org</a></div><div>Twitter: @doug_schuler</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div></div></span>Public Sphere Project<span style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div> <a href="http://www.publicsphereproject.org/" target="_blank">http://www.publicsphereproject.org/</a></div></div></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></span><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;">Mailing list ~ Collective Intelligence for the Common Good</div><div> <u><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <a href="http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci" target="_blank">http://scn9.scn.org/mailman/listinfo/ci</a></span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">4cg-announce</span></u></div><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"> </div><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;">Creating the World Citizen Parliament</div> <span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; border-collapse: separate;"><a href="http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament" target="_blank">http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-citizen-parliament</a><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"> </div></span>Liberating Voices! 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