Imagine living in a world where there are no wars because there are no separate countries with military forces. There is no one person or elite group with the power to dictate how everyone lives because the people as a whole determine government policy. No poverty or homelessness. No threat of climate change or environmental disaster. Peace and prosperity for all.
It may sound impossibly idealistic, but us Dreamers believe humanity can do better than endless conflict, inequality and division.
Technology has advanced to the point where it is now possible for every person on earth to vote directly on government policies that affect their lives. This constantly evolving website is intended to simulate the voting system for a worldwide government so we can compare what the people choose to what our governments are actually doing. The hope is that a system like this could eventually influence a real governmental structure.
Critics of democracy sometimes describe it as “mob rule”, because uninformed voting can produce harmful outcomes. The vote of the wisest, most informed person can be canceled by the vote of a fool. That’s why we need an Informed Direct Democracy, where anyone can vote, but first they must understand what they are actually voting on.
How the Voting System Works
Anyone can propose a new policy. When they do, they provide a written argument for why they believe the policy should become law.
All new proposals go into the New Proposals section where everyone can vote them up or down. At the end of each month, new proposals which receive at least 60% upvotes move to the official voting page, where official voting occurs at the end of the next month.
On the Official Voting page, three documents are presented along with the proposal:
- An argument For the proposal
- An argument Against the proposal
- An AI-generated summary of the relevant factual information
Voters are requested to review those three documents prior to voting.
Policy proposals require 51% “For” votes to move to the Official Policies page. Replacing an elected official requires 60%. Changing something in the Constitution requires a 66% majority vote.
Within this simulation, Official Policies represent the laws selected by the voters.
AI would be used to analyze the content of the Official Policies and create a Constantly Evolving Constitution. This constitution would be a distillation of the Official Policies into basic principles, so that reviewing the constitution would be enough to understand the law in general.
Reason
Policies should be guided by evidence, logic and objective analysis.
Freedom
People should have maximum personal freedom so long as they do not harm others.
Opportunity
Every person deserves access to the resources needed to build a meaningful life.
Fairness
Government should protect equal rights, justice and basic human dignity.
I’m Koda. I’ve been working on these ideas for decades and have built enough of the system to demonstrate the basic structure, but full implementation will require significant technical and financial support.
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