In development
Legislation people can actually read
Laws and bills are almost all public, and almost all inaccessible — written in a register that
takes training to parse. Formal availability is not access.
In development
Governance, demystified
Most people cannot name the body that decides the thing they care about, or the moment input is
still possible. That is an information problem, not apathy.
- Maps of decision-making bodies and what each controls
- Where an issue sits in the process right now
- The realistic points of leverage, including the closed ones
- Explanations pitched at people, not policy professionals
Exploring
Cultivating leadership
People-powered democracy needs people willing to lead it. That pipeline is thin, informal and
biased toward those who already had access.
- Curriculum from people who have done the work
- Peer networks that cross local gatekeeping
- Accountability pointed at the community, not a party
Exploring
Deliberation at population scale
The capability underneath the rest: taking a real question to a large population and returning an
honest picture of what they think — including where they disagree.
- Contribution in people’s own words and languages
- Clustering that preserves the minority position
- Divergence reported as clearly as agreement
- Methods and limits published, so the output can be challenged