We have inherited the basic mechanism of governance from Classical-Age Athens. The United States was the first modern democracy, and its Founding Fathers created a system of checks and balances that gives us all the good reasons for gratitude and admiration. But:
Remember that information technology now enables us to create just about any sort of mechanism we may be able to imagine.
What can we imagine?
Let's begin by mapping the status quo.
The four articles presented here will raise four issues that have been repeatedly raised—and make them available for a dialog: