Gratitude for Invisible Systems
One way to improve democracy is for more people to appreciate its complex technological underpinnings.
Before asking the question of how technology can affect democracy, I’m going to ask: What is democracy for?
In a developed, post-industrial country at the start of the twenty-first century, one of the main functions of a democratic political system is to help us manage living in a complex, global society. Our daily lives take place in a network of technological, socio-technical, and social systems that we
