In an era of information overload we need to think through its impact on democracy. Political scientist Henry Farrell suggests an initial reading list.
Living in Data: A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future (Paperback)
Jer Thorp’s analysis of the word “data” in 10,325 New York Times stories written between 1984 and 2018 shows a distinct trend: among the words most closely associated with “data,” we find not only its classic companions “information” and “digital,” but also a variety of new neighbors—from “scandal” and “misinformation” to “ethics,” “friends,” and “play.”To live in data in the twenty-first century
25 books that will blow your mind
Some books stick with you long after you've finished reading them. Here are the books you should read in your lifetime.
Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life – Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
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Writings and rehearsals by Nathan Schneider
Welcome. I’m a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where I direct the Media Economies Design Lab and teach and learn from our students. I’ve written a book each on online democracy, cooperative enterprise, the Occupy movement, and God, and I’ve edited ones about solidarity economies, crypto, and co-ops. Reporting articles for both magazines and academic journals keeps my notebooks filled. Working with others to build a democratic economy keeps me accountable.
Five Books: The best books on Behavioural Economics, recommended by Dan Ariely
The best behavioral economics books, as discussed by the brilliant Professor of psychology and behavioral economics, Dan Ariely.
The Internet Classics Archive | Politics by Aristotle
Politics by Aristotle, part of the Internet Classics Archive
Comprehensive Sociocracy Books - Sociocracy For All
Sociocracy Books from Sociocracy For All: books to learn about circle structure, better meetings, consent decision making.
"Collective Power: Patterns for a Self-Organized Future by Ted J. Rau" [english edition] (ebook) - Sociocracy For All
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Social Media Vs Democracy
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William Blake: the scourge of the tyrants
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Democracy as a Scaled Collective Intelligence Process: Points of Vulnerability and Augmentation
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6 books recommended by Richard Thaler, Nobel Prize winner and a founding father of behavioral economics
Michael Lewis and Daniel Kahneman topped the list of his favorite authors.
Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness by Simon…
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Direct Democracy | The Paper Pilot
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How to create reading experiences that "go beyond information transmission and toward reader transformation.” Great paper by @blue-phia.bsky.social @lepidopterane.bsky.social @yijunliu.bsky.social Sarah Sterman @sh1m.bsky.social @maxkreminski.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2606.04308 >
