democracy

George Lucas characterized Palpatine as being a ruthless politician dismantling a democracy to achieve supreme power based on real life examples of democratic backsliding. This got Lucas to thinking about how democracies turned into dictatorships: “Democracies aren't overthrown; they're given away“.

Democracy Has Never Experienced Aging

AI and surveillance capitalism are undermining democracy

Two scholars ask whether democracy can survive if AI does all the jobs | Without taxation there may be no representation, conclude Raymond Douglas and David Duvenaud

Must democracy "deliver the goods" to beat autocracy?

Take Back Our Digital Infrastructure To Save Democracy

Trouble with Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy Is Wrong

Trump is the first AI slop president. That's not good for democracy.

Payment processors' bar on Japanese adult content endangers democracy (2024)

Data and Democracy: Charting Assault on American Democracy and a Path Forward

A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy

Malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy

Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy

Helldivers 2: Heart of Democracy update sees Super Earth itself invaded

Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy

Ex-Facebook employee alleges sexual harassment and human rights failures in new memoir | The book by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former New Zealand diplomat, addresses Facebook’s impact on democracy during a crucial period in the company's history.

Contra Chrome: How Google's browser became a threat to privacy and democracy

Twitter Threatens Our Democracy. Canada Should Ban It

Brazilians hail strength of democracy as Bolsonaro is called to account

While Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize… Demolishing Section 230?