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Empowering Public Wisdom: Chapter 6

Without deliberation we don’t get public wisdom. Even in an individual, wisdom does not come from experience or teachings alone. How do we generate public wisdom with, by, and for a whole population?

Empowering Public Wisdom: Chapter 4

In a democracy we, the people, are stewards of the values in our communities and country. We need to be in charge of seeing that those values govern our collective lives. That’s why we need to talk together about it.

Empowering Public Wisdom: Chapter 1, A Practical Vision of Citizen-Led Politics

The public is not just a bunch of isolated disengaged individuals. It is the people in the sense of Lincoln’s memorable phrase “a government of the people, by the people, for the people.” When I talk about public wisdom I mean that the public has latent wisdom that can be brought out and then spoken by its public voice — the voice of the people. People can and must empower their public wisdom to have real impact in the world.

Empowered Public Wisdom Rising from the Grassroots

How can we generate public wisdom right at the grassroots, with people creating that capacity in their communities whenever they want to? Can we get at least 80% of the quality of a professionally organized face-to-face citizen deliberative council with far less expense and effort -- perhaps with smart use of the Internet?

Empowering Public Wisdom

The revolution in decision-making that citizen deliberative councils offer us is of comparable magnitude to the revolution in decision-making created centuries ago by the idea of majority vote. It can be applied virtually anywhere, and it could make all the difference in the world.

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Empowering Public Wisdom: Chapter 6

Empowering Public Wisdom: Chapter 4

Empowering Public Wisdom: Chapter 1, A Practical Vision of Citizen-Led Politics

Empowered Public Wisdom Rising from the Grassroots

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