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Demosophia (

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Article

The complexity of modern problems requires that we move from "the power of the people" -- which is the Greek meaning of the word democracy -- to the "wisdom of the people", or demosophia.

 

The Jefferson Center (

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Organization

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...for New Democratic Processes

Citizens juries involve a randomly selected and demographically representative panel of citizens meeting for four or five days to carefully examine an issue of public significance, hearing from a variety of expert witnesses and presenting their recommendations to the public.

 

Democracy: A Social Power Analysis (

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Democracy is about balancing many forms of social power, in many different ways. Here is a coherent theory of social power.

 

http://www.co-intelligence.org/draftPlatform.html

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http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead.html