Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig

S5E15: Lifeboats: Intro

Another Way, by Lawrence Lessig

Show Notes

We can make our unrepresentative representative democracy representative. But AI may mean that's not enough. This episode introduces the final section of this season — lifeboats: the changes we could make to make it so democracy can survive.

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