wikigovernment
http://wikigovernment.pbwiki.com/
Why shouldn't there already be an active investigation into the possibility of universal collaboration and participation in governmental decision-making i.e. direct democracy. Furthermore what insurmountable barriers, if any, would lie between a fledgling beginning experiment and a global world trust--a world government truly of the people, by the people, and for the people? A true political science is required; one in which the globe is combed for the policies that consistently result in the best outcomes. These ideas can be discussed and argued, overseen by agreed on forms of arbitration. This system would have to successfully utilize the best of science, law, and democracy to build the broadest possible consensus in the most accountable method possible.
At the very minimum, our current systems of government and the various media establishments around the world are and will increasingly be unable to accommodate the globally compounding rate of change. Many have good reasons to be much more critical of many governments around the world. In the United States specifically, it has become very clear that there is undue corporate influence in government at the expense of the public. How long do we have to wait for justice for the many at little cost to the few?
http://www.globalissues.org/article/715/today-over-26500-children-died-around-the-world
http://torturingdemocracy.org/
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2006/05/cato-hypocrisy.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702622.html?nav=slate
Those in the most need would most benefit, but this idea would benefit the whole world immensely, human and non-human alike. Maximum transparency helps guarantee effectiveness and prevent corruption. Freedom and the truth would be vastly expanded. Government could focus on policy and forgo politicking.
This idea by its very nature lends itself to be initialized as an experiment in multiple instances simultaneously. Ideally it could begin at a very local level and only later be synthesized with other instances of wiki-government into a greater whole. We need to spread this idea like spores, each hopefully generating a new community.
http://www.davidbrin.com/disputationarticle1.html
It might help to have an ultimate goal in mind.
The terms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights finally being fulfilled globally seems like as good a goal as any.
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
We have to figure out a number of things, the most pressing of which is how to effectively organize and use this format to allow the functional building of the consensus that would be required if an actual wikigovernment is to actually function.
I highly recommend "Disputation Arenas: Harnessing Conflict and Competitiveness for Society's Benefit." An article by David Brin. "This unusual article looks at how truth is determined in our four 'accountability arenas' -- science, democracy, courts and markets. It was lead article in the American Bar Association's Journal on Dispute Resolution (Ohio State University), v.15, N.3, pp 597-618, Aug. 2000." http://www.davidbrin.com/disputationarticle1.html
It seems like it might be a place to start.
Actually, priority number one should be getting the word out. What are the best ways to do that?
Why shouldn't there already be an active investigation into the possibility of universal collaboration and participation in governmental decision-making i.e. direct democracy. Furthermore what insurmountable barriers, if any, would lie between a fledgling beginning experiment and a global world trust--a world government truly of the people, by the people, and for the people? A true political science is required; one in which the globe is combed for the policies that consistently result in the best outcomes. These ideas can be discussed and argued, overseen by agreed on forms of arbitration. This system would have to successfully utilize the best of science, law, and democracy to build the broadest possible consensus in the most accountable method possible.
At the very minimum, our current systems of government and the various media establishments around the world are and will increasingly be unable to accommodate the globally compounding rate of change. Many have good reasons to be much more critical of many governments around the world. In the United States specifically, it has become very clear that there is undue corporate influence in government at the expense of the public. How long do we have to wait for justice for the many at little cost to the few?
http://www.globalissues.org/article/715/today-over-26500-children-died-around-the-world
http://torturingdemocracy.org/
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2006/05/cato-hypocrisy.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702622.html?nav=slate
Those in the most need would most benefit, but this idea would benefit the whole world immensely, human and non-human alike. Maximum transparency helps guarantee effectiveness and prevent corruption. Freedom and the truth would be vastly expanded. Government could focus on policy and forgo politicking.
This idea by its very nature lends itself to be initialized as an experiment in multiple instances simultaneously. Ideally it could begin at a very local level and only later be synthesized with other instances of wiki-government into a greater whole. We need to spread this idea like spores, each hopefully generating a new community.
http://www.davidbrin.com/disputationarticle1.html
It might help to have an ultimate goal in mind.
The terms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights finally being fulfilled globally seems like as good a goal as any.
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
We have to figure out a number of things, the most pressing of which is how to effectively organize and use this format to allow the functional building of the consensus that would be required if an actual wikigovernment is to actually function.
I highly recommend "Disputation Arenas: Harnessing Conflict and Competitiveness for Society's Benefit." An article by David Brin. "This unusual article looks at how truth is determined in our four 'accountability arenas' -- science, democracy, courts and markets. It was lead article in the American Bar Association's Journal on Dispute Resolution (Ohio State University), v.15, N.3, pp 597-618, Aug. 2000." http://www.davidbrin.com/disputationarticle1.html
It seems like it might be a place to start.
Actually, priority number one should be getting the word out. What are the best ways to do that?