David Wood @dw2

Chair, London Futurists londonfuturists.com

Principal, Delta Wisdom deltawisdom.com

What prospects for better politics?

Transpolitica 2016 Real world policy changes

for a radically better future

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9.15: Doors open 9.45: Chair’s opening remarks: What prospects for better politics?

10.00-12:00: Regulations, health, and transformation 12.00: Break for lunch and networking (lunch is not supplied)

13:00: Tea and coffee available, for post-lunch networking 13:30-15:10: Politics, tools, and transformation 15:10: Break for tea/coffee networking

15.40-17.30: Society, data, and transformation 17.30: Room empty. Optional continuation of discussion in nearby pub.

Transpolitica 2016

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What prospects for better politics?

“…keeping gays from marrying is not discrimination, but an enforcement of God’s idea”

http://time.com/4406337/mike-pence-gay-rights-lgbt-religious-freedom/

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154654817645871

I have not verified this, but wouldn't be surprised.... Sharing just because even if fake it would piss this fucker off.

FAKE!

http://www.snopes.com/mike-pences-gay-past/

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25,689 shares

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-37987306

http://www.snopes.com/george-soros-bring-down-us/

“If I were to run, I’d run as a Republican. They’re the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific.” – Donald Trump, 1998

http://www.snopes.com/1998-trump-people-quote/

FAKE!

FAKE!

FAKE!

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FBI AGENT SUSPECTED IN HILLARY EMAIL LEAKS FOUND DEAD IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE

https://web.archive.org/web/20161105221744/http://denverguardian.com/2016/11/05/fbi-agent-suspected-hillary-email-leaks-found-dead-apparent-murder-suicide/

Walkerville, MD — An FBI agent believed to be responsible for the latest email leaks “pertinent to the investigation” into Hillary Clinton’s private email server while she was Secretary of State, was found dead in an apparent murder-suicide early Saturday morning, according to police. Investigators believe FBI agent, Michael Brown, 45, shot and killed his 33-year-old wife, Susan Brown, late Friday night before setting the couple’s home on fire and then turning the gun on himself. Brown was a 12 year veteran of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department before spending the last six years in the FBI.

FAKE!

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FAKE!

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NPR: We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs

• Jestin Coler (40), registered Democrat • Makes money from the ads on his

websites… $10k-$30k per month • He has between 20-25 writers • His writers have tried to write fake

news for liberals, but they don’t take the bait

• “Really the financial part of it isn’t the only motivator. I enjoy making a mess of the people that share the content that comes out of our site.”

• He doesn’t think fake news swayed the election

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/11/23/503146770/npr-finds-the-head-of-a-covert-fake-news-operation-in-the-suburbs

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http://thelittlelowerlayer.weebly.com/upton-sinclair.html https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his

salary depends upon his not understanding it”

Upton Sinclair 1935

The advertising industry thinks stories do have influence!

• Jestin Coler (40), registered Democrat • Makes money from the ads on his

websites… $10k-$30k per month • He has between 20-25 writers • His writers have tried to write fake

news for liberals, but they don’t take the bait

• “Really the financial part of it isn’t the only motivator. I enjoy making a mess of the people that share the content that comes out of our site.”

• He doesn’t think fake news swayed the election

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SWEDEN BANS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN PUBLIC TO AVOID

ANGERING MUSLIM REFUGEES

https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2016/10/sweden-ban-christmas-lights/

http://www.snopes.com/sweden-bans-christmas-lights/

https://www.facebook.com/theincitement/videos/1451715818191603/

Think before you share! Don’t ‘incite’ things

without fact checking

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Think before you share! Don’t ‘incite’ things

without fact checking https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154654817645871

I have not verified this, but wouldn't be surprised.... Sharing just because even if fake it would piss this fucker off.

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Challenges facing “wisdom of the crowd” • “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it”

– Jonathan Swift (1710)

• Online media magnifies the speed of spread of falsehood • Great ingenuity goes into encouraging people to click on news

stories and to share them – the evil genius of ad tech • Anger prevents cool thinking

– “When your heart’s on fire, smoke gets in your eyes”

• Anger reinforces feelings of “us and them”, and prompts us to signal our connections to the tribes we identify with

• To reinforce our standing within our own tribes, we are ready to deceive ourselves (lowering our standards of reasoning)

• An escalating divisive negative feedback cycle awaits

Madness of the crowd!

Better angels of our nature? Inner demons

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To regain “wisdom of the crowd”? • How can we collectively decide the best restrictions,

regulations, subsidies, incentives? 1. Automated, trustworthy real-time fact checkers 2. Prosecutions / fines for misleading political articles? 3. Reasoning coaches (AI reviewing how we argued) 4. Tech to help us think coolly (nootropics, tDCS…) 5. An inspiring, credible, integrative, uplifting vision

– Technology enhancing human experience (for all) – Sustainable abundance for all

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Technoprogressive transhumanist vision

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9.15: Doors open 9.45: Chair’s opening remarks: What prospects for better politics?

10.00-12:00: Regulations, health, and transformation 12.00: Break for lunch and networking (lunch is not supplied)

13:00: Tea and coffee available, for post-lunch networking 13:30-15:10: Politics, tools, and transformation 15:10: Break for tea/coffee networking

15.40-17.30: Society, data, and transformation 17.30: Room empty. Optional continuation of discussion in nearby pub.

Transpolitica 2016

glsr.it/tp02, glsr.it/tp03, glsr.it/tp04, glsr.it/tp05, glsr.it/tp06

glsr.it/tp01

glsr.it/tp07, glsr.it/tp08, glsr.it/tp09

glsr.it/tp10, glsr.it/tp11, glsr.it/tp12, glsr.it/tp13