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Looking forward to the Politics Summit #PS19 by @thefourthgroup today. The agenda looks full of important topics eventbrite.com/e/politics-sum…
@thefourthgroup I hope that the #PS19 speakers will be considering not just "Industrial Revolution 3.1" features such as larger sets of digital data, but also the bigger implications of IR 4.0, including technology with the power to transform human nature, undo aging, elevate consciousness etc
A powerful predictor of whether someone voted for UKIP is whether they see variety as likely to produce disorder, or as being interesting. Likewise whether they see change as more of a threat or as an opportunity. These psychological factors trump economics - @epkaufm at #PS19 Image
But there are plenty of important examples of nationalist votes being driven by factors other than ethnic homogeneity and change avoidance - consider Scotland, Catalonia, Hong Kong, points out Pat @thoughtland Kane #PS19
Rather than economics or ethnics questions, Mary @KaldorM sees the main driver for populist upheaval as the widespread feeling by electors that they "have a vote but not a voice" #PS19 Image
@KaldorM "There [was] no global democratically-run membership org established to advocate on behalf of the public... @_UnitedCitizens will be 1st ever democratically run global institution, by people for people. Our 1st focus will be holding tech to account" #PS19 weareunitedcitizens.org
A huge cause of public disenchantment was the way in which Quantitative Easing assisted the rich elements of society, after the 2008 crash, rather than assisting all elements fairly - @benhabib6 MEP at #PS19 Image
The case for having elements of supranational governance, overriding national governance in selected areas, is a natural extension of the Hobbesian argument for having governments in the first place - John Vlasto of Democracy Without Borders at #PS19 Image
My Q for Ben Habib and Ella Whelan on the anti-globalist side of the #PS19 debate: you clearly have issues with the EU, but are any there any examples of supranational cooperation and pooling of sovereignty that you concede did work well (either in present times, or in the past)?
My Q for the #PS19 panel on how to encourage conversations that create better unity: Shouldn't we be highlighting & celebrating as role models any politicians who publicly admit their uncertainties and the points where they are inclined to agree with their ideological opponents? Image

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