Is Democracy a Design Problem?
Sep 18, 2009 at 08:06PM 4 Comments 
Just returned from a great Cusp Conference '09. My talk "Is Democracy a Design Problem?" is on Slideshare. Thanks to SamataMason for putting on a terrific and thought-provoking 2 days. I will blog a bit more on this topic soon, as I need to catch up on some sleep. Meanwhile, for those who asked that I post my slides online, here you go. Thanks for all the conversations about this very challenging topic. If Cusp posts a video of my talk in the near future, I'll post it here as well. Nice shoutout from @VisualizeChange. :)
Gong Szeto
I received this awesome email yesterday:
Steve Mack <smack@acm.org> (Unregistered) commented on Is Democracy a Design Problem?:
Gong, I was at Cusp 2009 and really enjoyed your presentation. Is there any way you can get the audio from Greg and synch it with the slides, to recreate the full presentation? I would love to share it with my son and the teacher of his 11th grade AP Government & Politics class. It was a really succinct distillation of a number of intersecting ideas.
To have this shown in a high school AP Government & Politics class? Man, that's flattering! Dave Mason generously said he'd create a slideshow with my Cusp09 audio track - I'll post it here when I get it. Thanks Steve!
Reader Comments (4)
Great slides! And what about a slide showing two independent but interlinking continua -
Decision-making: Democracy through Fascism (bottom-up through top-down decision-making);
AND possible linkages in ALL ways with -
Economic systems: Capitalism through Socialism (privately owned through socially owned.)
Showing you can have: Democratic Capitalism, Fascist Capitalism, Democratic Socialism, Fascist Socialism.
Etc.
Gong, I was at Cusp and REALLY enjoyed your talk - fantastic content and beautiful use of design in the context. I meant to ask you if you would share your slides but never tracked you down. Glad someone else got to you!
Forget Democracy/Mob rule. Give me liberty or give me death. How about a Liberty Index?
Gong, I was at Cusp 2009 and really enjoyed your presentation. Is there any way you can get the audio from Greg and synch it with the slides, to recreate the full presentation? I would love to share it with my son and the teacher of his 11th grade AP Government & Politics class. It was a really succinct distillation of a number of intersecting ideas.