Stefano QuintarelliNetsoc 15.10.2015

what's a democracy ?

A system of government in which all the people of a state or polity ... are involved in making decisions about its affairs, typically by voting to elect representatives to a parliament or similar assembly Oxford engllish dictionary

Two elements: A political system for choosing and replacing the government

through free and fair elections.

The active participation of the people, as citizens, in politics and civic life.

Election:a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.

the average Joe

how voters decide

the power of ideas

abstract

What are the challenges of legislation in times of accelerating technological change?

How can policymakers propose, discuss, adopt, implement the right frameworks?

What is the speed required of the necessary feedback loops in measuring the effects of the new rules, and how can they be updated efficiently?

Are the benefits of the new platforms, often operating on the edge or actually outside of existing regulations, worth the disruption they create?

what are we maximizing ?

Public “good” Interest of constituency Interest of power group (values!) Interest of staff Self interest

Long, medium, short term (nn example)

what's a law ?

a law is one of the products of a parliamentary wave function which collapses as a result of the quantistic evolution of the political state

no new news

St. Agustine of Hippo 354-430

Theory of knowledge: Two modes of reasoning Scientia: organizing means to achieve purposes

"enables man to harvest better crops, construct better buildings, or wage war more effectively”.

Sapientia: hability to define the purpose of the action

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