hi Dan, I'm a fellow fan of social cybernetics and the kind of cybernetic socialism envisioned by the Cybersyn project of Allende and Beer. (Me thinks, if they would be still alive, they'd sure deserve one of the $2 million just-announced grants <https://ai.google/social-good/impact-challenge/> from Google for positive social impact AI projects.) I'm writing you because of your interest in "participatory democratic governance that was able to take into account all available information and opinion, allowing everyone a say in the ideation process and the formation of policy solutions and decision-making." In my view, that would require people/commons-friendly AI and that's exactly I'm working towards.
I’m familiar with Kialo, Democracy Earth, Enspiral, Holocracy and many
others, though I have yet to do much more than establish contact for the most part. I suspect that perhaps it is time to connect the dots. Should anyone be interested in discussing further please let me know. I'm letting you know, also, that I'm a Holacracy practitioner and founder of the Enlivening Edge magazine where we published lots of articles about Enspiral, DAO, blockchain, and similar subjects. I'll be in Shanghai, Nov 2-5, where I will be speaking at this <http://forum.chinafuturework.com/> conference. If you're in town, and wanna meet, that would be cool. george -- *George Pór* Faculty, Meridian University Researcher in Collective Intelligence & AI Founder, Senior Consultant, Community Intelligence Ltd. Strategic learning partner to visionary leaders and changemakers in business, government, and civil society Founder and Teal Mentor of the Enlivening Edge <https://www.enliveningedge.org/> media hub for amplifying the evolution of organizations and social systems Medium: https://medium.com/@technoshaman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EvolutionaryAgent/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/georgepor <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/georgepor> Blog: http://blogofcollectiveintelligence.com