Archive for January, 2007

Thinking of the Children

Posted January 2, 2007 By Dave Thomer

Every now and again my belief that people can be reasonable runs smack into the evidence that we sure as hell aren’t rational. We can lay out in advance what the “rationalâ€? choice is, the choice that makes the most sense given circumstances, needs, opportunities, and so on, but there are points where the human […]

Order, Order in the System

Posted January 1, 2007 By Dave Thomer

Happy New Year, everyone. I’m gonna try and get back on the horse with a post I’ve been mulling over for far too long. I’ve talked before about the idea of deliberative democracy – that people should have a great deal of political power, but that they must provide reasons to each other for the […]